Either there is no devil and there is no hell--in which case I reckon that there is no heaven either, for a heaven would not be a heaven if it were not attained, and there would be no true attainment if there were no possibility of failure--or else there are all three.

And if there are all three, the devil wins out, sometimes, in the end." "Then, God is not almighty ?" Peter shrugged his shoulders.

"If I breed white mice, I don't lessen my potential power if I choose to let some loose in the garden to see if the cat will get them.

Besides, in the end I could annihilate the cat if I wanted to." "You can't think of God so," cried Arnold sharply.
"Can't I ?" demanded Peter.

"Well, maybe not, Arnold; I don't know that I can think of Him at all.