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A friend of mine drew my attention to today\u2019s comic at XKCD<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0It is at the intersection of religion and science fiction, so I felt I had to share it. But I\u2019m not sure I get<\/em> it. Is this suggesting that the voice from the bush is\u2026C3P0?! Is the idea that it was against his programming to impersonate a deity, but once he started, he found it hard to stop?<\/p>\n

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A friend of mine drew my attention to today\u2019s comic at XKCD: \u00a0It is at the intersection of religion and science fiction, so I felt I had to share it. But I\u2019m not sure I get it. Is this suggesting that the voice from the bush is\u2026C3P0?! 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