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From: gek@ihu1j.UUCP (glenn kapetansky)
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Subject: Re: Yet Another Zelazny Oldie Heard From
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 10:59:55 EST
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I was just re-reading Z's Creatures of Light and Darkness (for the
umpteenth time; I STILL find new treasures!), and I thought the
following absolution of the "non-theistic, non-sectarian sort" was
worth sharing:

	"Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may
not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven
for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires
forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else
may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may
be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask this, what-
ever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in
such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask
this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself
and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest
in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you
to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced
by this ceremony.
			Amen."
-- 
glenn kapetansky                                                      
                                                                        
"Think of it as evolution in action"
                                                                        
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