Hersesy is denying the word of God, and the word of God is much more r…

Iain Banks
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Hersesy is denying the word of God, and the word of God is much more reliably expressed in the natural world as it’s revealed through reason and science than in what I have heard described wonderfully as “the giant book of Jewish fairy stories. ✨ Sci-Fi Writer Iain Banks Talks Surface Detail's Hell, Creationist Heresy. Interview with Michael Parsons, www.wired.com. October 15, 2010.
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My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it. ✨ Iain M. Banks (2008). The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel, p.151, Hachette UK
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