If Mark Twain Were To Construct A God

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If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with 
some qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks. 

He would not stoop to ask for any man's compliments, 
praises, flatteries; and He would be far above exacting them. 

I would have Him as self-respecting as 
the better sort of man in these regards.

He would not be a merchant, a trader. 
He would not buy these things. 

He would not sell, or offer to sell, temporary benefits 
of the joys of eternity for the product called worship. 

I would have Him as dignified as 
the better sort of man in this regard.

He would value no love but the love born 
of kindnesses conferred; not that born 
of benevolences contracted for. 

Repentance in a man's heart for a wrong done would cancel 
and annul that sin; and no verbal prayers for forgiveness 
be required or desired or expected of that man. 

He would not be a jealous God–a trait so small 
that even men despise it in each other.

He would not boast.
 
He would keep private His admirations of Himself. 

He would regard self-praise as unbecoming 
the dignity of his position.
 
He would not have the spirit of vengeance in His heart. 
Then it would not issue from His lips.
 
There would not be any hell–except the one 
we live in from the cradle to the grave.
 
There would not be any heaven– 
the kind described in the world's Bibles.
 
He would spend some 
of His eternities in trying 
to forgive Himself for making 
man unhappy when He could 
have made him happy 
with the same effort.
Mark Twain
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But what about  Godette?

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