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Shut up! Our fathers were our models for God. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God?
— Tyler Durden · Fight Club
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker opens with a sharp 'Shut up!', then argues that a child's first picture of God is drawn from their father. If those fathers walked away, the reasoning goes, that abandonment says something bleak about God too.
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