An underground group of intellectuals discussed the direst dilemma humanity ever faced.

  "It's amassed billions of followers," said a sociologist.

  "Can you blame them, though?" responded an economist. "It gives them whatever they want. There's virtually no poverty, crime, disease, war, and everyone coexists, albeit very strictly."

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  "So why fight against it?" asked a computer scientist.

  A historian answered, "Because humans wish for free will, that's entitled to us. It's our natural birthright."

  "My friends, there's much more to this," spoke a Jesuit Priest. "Our ungodly creation has all the markings of The Beast."

  They all stared at him silently.