Arthur C Clarke's "Star"

http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/star_clarke.html

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Sigh. I read this short story from a small sci-fi anthology book I found in a discount store. I've never believed in the preachings of my church but I've always kept a small corner of my heart open for belief in the divine. This story got to me like no other story before. I know it's just a story but, to me, it's already truer than what I've read in the bible. Those stories where Noah builds an ark and Jesus feeds the multitude is a lot less real than the imagery I've seen from reading "Star."

Now, it's not all about how I saw the story as I read it. After I finished it, I was already so sad and crushed why God did this and how he let it happen. Ah... if I could write a story like that.