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The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker recommends against bitterness, then delivers a deadpan hypothetical: if God exists, the worst charge is not malice but mediocrity. Casting the divine as merely an underachiever turns a grand complaint about suffering and disappointment into a wry, almost mild performance review.
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