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"You make it sound like a dictatorship." "And what is God if not a dictator?" he snapped. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me! Of course, that's the edited version. The full, unabridged version has a tendency to stick in the craw a little and is often overlooked by those who wish to hide the fact that your God is tainted with the green-eyed monster just like the rest of us. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the people around you; for Yahweh your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and His anger will burn against you, and He will destroy you from the face of the land. He will destroy you from the face of the land! Now isn't that just delightful? And they say I'm a beast?" Standing up, he crossed over towards where the mirror hung on the wall, gazing into the glass as he run his palm over the oil-slick frame. I shivered involuntarily at the thought of touching it, feeling nauseous as I imagined how it would feel, like smoothing my hand over the body of some giant serpent. "I