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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?

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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?

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About George Deacon

Sir George Edward Raven Deacon CBE FRS FRSE (21 March 1906 – 16 November 1984) was a British oceanographer and chemist.