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 ''For the old Gods came to an end long ago. And verily it was a good and joyful end of Gods!''

''They did not die lingering in the twilight although that lie is told! On the contrary, they once upon a time laughed themselves to death!''

That came to pass when, by a God himself, the most ungodly word was uttered, the word: "There is but one God!. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me"

An old grim beard of a God, a jealous one, forgot himself thus.

''And then all Gods laughed and shook on their chairs and cried: "Is Godliness not just that there are Gods, but no God?" ''

Whoever hath ears let him hear.
 * "Thus Spake Zarathrustra" Author:Friedrich Nietzsche