God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.
John CleeseMost of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
John CleeseWould you take a billion dollars, if as part of the deal the Earth were made uninhabitable a year after your death? ... well, of course not; you care about your friends, above all your children, any grandchildren. But ... what if the deal calls for the planet to be poisoned a thousand years later? We feel strong obligations to generations in the near future - should we not feel the same way about our children's great-grandchildren and generations beyond them?
John Cleese