What
prompted some of Dark's questioning (and much of mine) was what he
calls the «Uncle Ben» view of God — the view that God is an
angry and controlling being who does not tolerate questions or curiosity or nonconformity, the view that God consigns most of humanity to eternal torment in hell for believing the wrong things about him, and the view that it is the duty of his followers to ignore their doubts and embrace him without question.
Mark - Viverito tweeted a picture of a dangling signal in her East Harlem district to DOT, and the department responded that she should
call 311,
prompting an
angry response from the speaker.