text: C: "Ok, so you're God? " &#x200B; G: "Yup" &#x200B; C: "God-God?" &#x200B; G: "Exactly" &#x200B; Clark was annoyed. Past Clark had made a promise. And today's Clark had not followed up on it and nevertheless came to Susan's party. In fact, he was more than fed up with the guys who pretended to be celebrities. Einstein, Napoleon and the overweight male Monroe. And now God. Naturally. &#x200B; C: "Glad to meet you, I hope you don't mind" (\*1) &#x200B; G: "No problem. Glad to meet you too." &#x200B; God shrugged and looked Clark directly into his eyes. He was sitting on a large black leather couch that someone with no sense for Feng Shui or at least Common Sense had placed in the middle of the room. Apart from the straw hat and the interested look, there was nothing unusual about him. Jeans, t-shirt, three-day beard. Well, he thought he was God, but that was to be accepted as a given. Nobody is perfect. &#x200B; C: "No offense, but I always imagined something different when I thought of God." &#x200B; Clark did not feel at ease. There was something about this madman. But if he had to deal with someone like that again, at least he wanted to have some fun. &#x200B; C: "It's really very sunny here, good that you have your hat with you." &#x200B; G: "I hear that a lot" &#x200B; God replied with a slight sigh and slowly looked down at himself. Once at the bottom, the disappointment on his face seemed to be gone and he looked at Clark with his benevolent smile. &#x200B; G: “However, this makes it much easier to have a conversation. Hardly anyone gets out a meaningful word when he sees the face of an old man with a beard in the clouds that suddenly starts to speak. And I prefer not to mention the last attempt to emerge as a burning bush. Did you know that getting sprayed with a fire extinguisher is very unpleasant? And they always say the classics never die... ”. &#x200B; The jibe regarding his hat was completely ignored by God. &#x200B; C: "OK, that even makes sense," Clark had to admit. &#x200B; C: "But what do you do if someone doesn't think you are actually God and wants proof?" &#x200B; G: "I do the same as you do when an ant stands in front of you, waves its antennae and is firmly convinced that you are also an ant" &#x200B; C: "Step on it?" &#x200B; G: "I'm currently trying to be a nice God, so i think ignoring it would be a better solution." &#x200B; C: "Touché" This guy was really hard to come by. But Clark didn't want to give up that quickly. &#x200B; C: "If you are God, then you also know what the meaning of life is and why there is a world and everything" &#x200B; G: "Sure" &#x200B; C: "Tell me" &#x200B; G: "You will be disappointed." &#x200B; C: "I assumed as much, but I'm still kinda excited to know" &#x200B; G: "You will be very disappointed." &#x200B; C: "Would not be a big change for me..." &#x200B; G: "OK, as you wish. ... ... &#x200B; The world is the playground that I built for myself " &#x200B; C: "You couldn't think of anything better?" &#x200B; G: "Oh, I've tried a lot. But that's the most exciting thing so far. Once I was dead for a few million years. That was also exciting. At least the preparations for it. &#x200B; C: "Really? how was that?" &#x200B; G: "Imagine the time before you were born" &#x200B; C: "OK, I shouldn't have asked. ... But back to the real question. All this because the dear gentleman needs a playground? " &#x200B; G: "What would you do with eternity?" &#x200B; C: “How about a world in which nobody suffers and everyone is happy? " &#x200B; G: "Typical beginner's mistake. There is nothing more boring. Nobody there does anything. And nobody is really happy there either. This is a lot better. The romantic stories alone can fill aeons. Do you remember how your relationship with Susan started? Do you remember how it ended?" &#x200B; C: "How do you know Susan?" &#x200B; G: "God and so on? And if you remember... This is her party. We are at her house, you know" &#x200B; Clark let out a big sigh.. &#x200B; C: "\*sigh\*... Ok . So God likes schmaltz... Whatever... But boy meets girl has to get boring at some point.” &#x200B; G: "There is also girl meets girl, boy meets boy, boy shoots girl, boy stabs boy, girl poisons boy, boy writes book. Girl sings song and lots more. And thats just the beginning. After all, there are more species in this world. Not to mention other worlds. There have already been space battles in which the bitter opponents hurl entire solar systems at each other as weapons. And I was right in the middle. " &#x200B; C: "And all the beings that die for you and your entertainment? " &#x200B; G: "They lived and are now they are dead" &#x200B; C: "So no perpetual reward or punishment for a good or bad life?" &#x200B; G: "You hardly remember last Friday's breakfast. What do you want with eternity? &#x200B; I remember your life. That has to be enough." &#x200B; G: "Why are you looking so upset? Don't despair. Do you really believe all this stuff? I'm just a mad man with a straw hat telling people dark stories about God. &#x200B; Do not worry. Just have a nice evening." &#x200B; C: "I hate these guys," Clark thought, and was resolved never to go to one of Susan's parties again. &#x200B; G: “Too bad, everyone is too busy with themselves to ask the right questions. And if they do they don't want to hear the answers anyways. ” &#x200B; God said mostly to himself and to no one in particular. &#x200B; (\*1) This is an alteration on the original text which is in german and the sentence refered to the fact that in german there are two levels of courtesy depending on how familiar you are and clark used the very familiar level dispite the fact that talking to God would have warranted a more courtesy level of addressing. But God aparently did not mind.