(June 3, 2014 at 2:34 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Prior to the invention of the (scientifical) lightning rod, churches, as usually the tallest structure in town were preferentially struck by lightning. Atheists/agnostics of those early times took delight in pointing out the town brothel would survive the storms intact, whereas the tallest and grandest steeple in town would suffer repeated strikes.
So, where I'm heading with this is, it is much more interesting in the world when god zaps a church instead of a disgruntled parishioner.
I believe it was Arthur C Clarke who said “The battle between science and religion was won the day churches began to put up lightning conductors“, or something to that effect.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
