Actually - maybe Miles was more of a demon; the Dark Magus indeed...

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I suppose Kipling summed it up in his glorious Hymn to humanity:

But when I meet with frantic folk who sinfully declare
There is no pardon for their sin, the same I will not spare
Till I have proved that Heaven and Hell which in our hearts we have
Show nothing irredeemable on either side of the grave.
For as we live and as we die - if utter Death there be -
The people, Lord, Thy people, are good enough for me!

Utter death? Well, some believe in Heaven, others in Reincarnation, but the reality of everything we are going back into the universe from which came is just as profound. Likewise Heaven and Hell; to the Gnostic Cathars the material world was Hell, which has echoes with respect of the Nature vs. Nurture debate. Some of the happiest people I've ever known were dying of incurable diseases, like my old mate Steve who died of CS when he was 23. Do we really need God when we've got such people to inspire us?