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• If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.
  But all nature cries aloud that He does exist; that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it....
• If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Epitre a l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs, cxi...
• If Diet Coke did not exist it would have been necessary to invent it. -- Karl Lehenbaue
• If hyperspace did not already exist, science fiction writers would have had to invent it.
  -- Peter Oakley...
• If God had not given us sticky tape, it would have been necessary to invent it.
• If God didn't love procrastinators, why did He invent tomorrow?