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I tried to reht so, and yet I wasn't certain The beatific thunder of Heaven beat in my ears suddenly I felt the joy, the safety, and above all the satisfaction of all those thriving in it But angels, no, I had not noticed

"I take my accurate form," Memnoch continued, "when I am in Heaven, or outside of Time When I am on els, Michael, Gabriel, any of those can appear in their glorified forain, it would be natural Matter being drawn to thenetic force shapes them to look their most beautiful, the way God created theo about as Ordinary Men or Ordinary Women, because it's si hus do not serve our purposes¡ªneither our Lord's nor mine "

"And that is the question What is the purpose? What are you doing, if you're not evil?"

"Let ht now that I know nothing of where God came from, or why, or how No one knows this The mystic writers, the prophets of Earth, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Hebrew, Egyptian¡ªall recognized the iin of God That's not really the question for h I suspect that at the end of Time ill know "

"You mean God hasn't promised that ill knohere He came from "

"You knohat?" he said, s "I don't think God knows I think that's the whole purpose of the physical universe He thinks through watching the universe evolve, He's going to find out What He has set in iant experis like Hie, all of us¡ªHe is anthropoain He is not material "

"And when the light came, when you covered your eyes in Heaven, that was God "

He nodded "God, the Father, God, the Essence, Brahma, the Aten, the Good God, En Sof, Yahweh, God!"

"Then how can He be anthropomorphic?"

"His essence has a shape, just as does e He told us so He has two legs, two ares of the same And then set the universe into h matter, do you see?"

"Not quite "

"I believe God worked backwards from the blueprint of Himself He created a physical universe whose laould result in the evolution of creatures who resembled Hi and important difference Oh, but then there were so many surprises You know my opinion already Your friend David hit upon it when he was a"

"Yes, David did say that, that he thought angels felt God's plan for Creation was all wrong "

"Yes I think He did it originally to find out what it would have been like had He been Matter And I think He was looking for a clue as to how He got where He is And why He is shaped like He is, which is shaped likeman evolve, He hopes to understand His own evolution, if such a thing in fact occurred And whether this has worked or not to His satisfaction, well, only you can judge that for yourself "

"Wait a ht, or ave Him the idea for matter in the first place?"