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"I want to know God's thoughts. The rest are just details." (Albert Einstein)
Do we really need a "Creator", or was the universe born literally out of nothing?
Do ageing genes force us to die, or can we hope to live for ever?
Will scientists ever find a "Theory of Everything" to explain all phenomena, from the flight of a seagull to the death of a star?
Will we ever beat cancer and AIDS?
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Before going to read this book to understand what God has in mind, I decided to write him this letter to which I do not expect an answer but which, in any case, I write the same because in life the important thing is the illusion:
"Dear Sir, I don't know if you will read this letter of mine. I imagine that every day you are flooded with messages, letters, in the form of blog posts, all written in pen, typewriter, text message, email, video, and so on ...
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You will certainly be overwhelmed by this uninterrupted communicative current of people asking, begging, proposing, attacking, calling back, scolding, complaining, remembering… I really don't know how you can manage all this blah blah blah. I do not think, therefore, that this post, on this unknown virtual space, in a small country called Italy, in a place called Europe, on one of the millions and millions of planets from which the universe is formed, will be able to fall under your eyes. My illusion will be as illusory as the possibility that such a thing could happen...
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Yet, I try, because trying is the essence of living. Try saying what you think to someone you don't know. Tell me one thing, one thing: why did you need to create Man? For love? out of anger? out of envy? as a challenge? for company?… Do you realize that you have created a great colorful and Babelic mess? What's the use of all this? Someone says that everything must remain a mystery. Mystery of the Faith. But you are not loyal in this way, because first you created me small and inferior, then you abandon me, then threaten me with the worst, then you makes me hope, then you torment me, then…
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I don't mean anything else. I know you won't answer me, you won't be able to, you won't want to. And I will continue to feel screwed. Be that as it may, I told you my thoughts. Do what you think with it. Meanwhile, I read this book that the author wrote believing he could read your mind. We will see if, in the end, I will know more about what I have told you.
I have finished reading the book. As I expected, I know less than before ...
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