An amnesiac receives a visit from a tiny creature from the future who offers to grant him any three wishes he wants, but somehow the wishes keep being deflected in a theological direction.
This may sound pompous, but. . . I wish to know whether or not there is a God.

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  1. “The Humanic Complex” by Ray Russell, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1978.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Russell