I never set myself up as a prophet. Those crazy preachers have been the death of thousands, and the end is not yet. - Poul Anderson

You shall depart freely. Caution enjoins me to have you arrested and garroted within this hour. Either you are a charlatan and deserve it or a mortal danger and require it. However, I deem you a sensible man who will withdraw to his obscurity. And I am grateful to you for a fascinating glimpse of—what is best left alone.

All those agonizing philosophical-theological conundrums amount to "Ask a silly question, get a silly answer."

Keep on thinking. Keep your thinking close to the ground, where it belongs. Don’t ever trade your liberty for another man’s offer to do your thinking and make your mistakes for you.