Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Nhau: Isaac Asimov akanga asingadaviri kuti kuna Mwari, aifarira vanhu, uye aifunga zvakarurama. Haana kushora kudavira zvorudzidziso kwavamwe, asi iye kazhinji kazhinji akatsoropodza zvitendero zvokutenda mashura nezvokunyepedzera kuva zvesayenzi izvo zvakaedza kuzviita zvesayenzi yechokwadi. Mukati mouhwana hwake, baba vake namai vaichengeta tsika dzechiOrthodox dzechiJudha, kunyange zvazvo dzakanga dzisiri dzakasimba sezvadzaiva nadzo muPetrovichi; ivo, zvisinei, havana kumanikidzira zvitendero zvavo pana Isaac muduku. Nokudaro, akakura asina pesvedzero dzakasimba dzorudzidziso, achiuya kuzotenda kuti Torah yaimiririra ngano dzechiHebheru munzira imwe cheteyo iyo Iliad yakanyora ngano dzechiGiriki. Paaiva nemakore 13, akasarudza kusava nebha mitzvah. Seizvo mabhuku ake Treasury of Humor naAsimov Laughs Again anoshuma, Asimov akanga achida kutaura majee anobatanidza Mwari, Satani, Bindu reEdheni, Jerusarema, uye dzimwe nhau dzorudzidziso, achitaura murangariro wokuti majee akanaka anogona kuita zvakawanda kukurudzira kufunga kupfuura maawa okurukurirano youzivi. Kwechinguvana, baba vake vakashanda musinagoge romunzvimbomo kuti vafarikanye nharaunda inozivikanwa uye, sokutaura kwakaita Isaac, "kupenya somudzidzi akadzidza" anoziva manyoro matsvene. Iyi fundo yaiva mbeu yokunyora kwake kwapashure nokuburitswa kweAsimov's Guide to the Bible, ongororo yenheyo dzenhau dzeTestamente Yekare neItsva. Kwemakore akawanda, Asimov aizviti haatendi kuti kuna Mwari; zvisinei, aiona shoko racho serisingakodzeri, sezvo raitsanangura zvaaisadavira pane zvaaiita. Pakupedzisira, akazvirondedzera amene so"munhu anopa ruremekedzo rwomunhu" uye akafunga kuti shoko iroro raiva rinoshanda zvikuru. Iye, zvisinei, akapfuurira kuzviratidzira amene somuJudha asingacherechedzi, sezvakataurwa musumo yake kuJack Dann's anthology of Jewish science fiction, Wandering Stars: "Handipindi mabasa uye handiteveri tsika uye handina kutongopinda mutsika iyoyo inoshamisa yokuyaruka, bar mitzvah. Hazvina basa. Ndiri muJudha. "Apo akabvunzwa mubvunzurudzo muna 1982 kana akanga ari asingatendi kuvapo kwaMwari, Asimov akapindura,  Mubvunzo: Asati azvirondedzera amene somunhu anoona nezvorudzi rwomunhu, Asimov akataura nezvake amene sei?
asingatendi kuti kuna Mwari