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1 " Needing attention is a p-p-powerful force in the world, isn't it?" " Absolutely. Most people would think of it as a very natural need. Almost a right." " By 'natural' you mean 'm-m-morally neutral'?" " Touché." " Without God, people find it very hard to know who they are or why they exist. But if others pay attention to them, praise them, write about them, discuss them, they think they've found the answers to both questions." " If they don't believe in God, you can't blame them." " True, dear. But it still makes for an empty, unhappy person." ..." Are you saying, Father Joe, that in the matter of motives, or even morally, there's not ultimately much difference between me and my targets?" " I'm afraid not, dear. If the result is that you only have a personality other people shape. If you really exist only in other people's minds." " I think you've just described celebrity." " I've just described pride, dear. "
