The tortures occur, if they are unnecessary, then there is no God, or a bad one. If there is a good God, then these tortures are necessary for no even moderately good Being could possibly inflict or permit them if they weren't.

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“Edmund, give a special goodbye to Trumpkin for me. He's been a brick.”

“If you look upon ham and eggs and lust, you have already committed breakfast in…”

“Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that …”