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[The audio of the phone turns on, and it picks up a slightly muffled argument. Naoya seems to be having a quite vehement disagreement with someone.]

- fair at all! Genesis 38:7.

[There's the sound of pages flipping for a moment.]

'… Er?'

Yes. He was killed for no reason. It doesn't say anything about why he was killed at all.

'He must have had a reason!'

He is cruel and a tyrant. You need to realize this.

'I don't believe you.'

It's in your own book! Exodus 11:2. Leviticus 5:17. Deuteronomy 7:10. The entirety of the book of Job. Ezekiel 18. Shall I start on the New Testament?

[The woman he's arguing with just seems to be getting more and more frustrated.]

'But He loves us! You need to accept His love!'

[… Naoya goes quiet for a long moment before starting to shout at the woman.]

"Love"?! Where was His love when I made a mistake and did something I didn't understand the consequences of?! Where was His love when he cursed me?! Where was His love when I went through so much suffering over and over at His hands, being placed in the worst situations because of what He did?! I refuse to crawl back to Him, and He is going to die for all He has done - not just to me, but to humanity as a whole!

'… You can't kill God!'

Oh, but you can! Now leave, before I kill you!

[That seems to do the trick, because the woman runs. It's quiet for a long moment, before Naoya starts to laugh.]

Once I return… once I return, the war will begin.

[He keeps laughing for a while, and eventually the phone shuts off.]

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It is on the personal subjects that you must exercise the ability to say 'it's none of their business' and just leave. Frankly, a random woman has nothing to do with your feud with God.

Those that follow Him are almost as guilty as He is.

[He's struggling to keep his voice level, but this subject is getting him too worked up to keep up this mask of sanity.]

Yes, because street preachers are directly responsible for ruining your life.

They support the deity that does.

[He mad bro.]

They want love and peace and they support something that seems to provide it. Whether or not they've read their book well enough, they don't mean to ruin anyone's life, yours included.

'Seems' to, and yet does not. Humans are the only ones that can provide that for themselves.

No one should die for a philosophy. Actions, good or bad, are what matter.

Unfortunately, that thought is hardly ever followed. I am certain that any angels from my world that arrive here would attempt to kill me on sight.

Are we talking about angels? We're not.