Saw a post on the crazy-dangerous-pathetic-dude on Pharyngula. One comment(#8) stood out as an answer to the question "When you get rid of God, what do you fill the void with?" :
Earth..:If you have a void that was filled with an imaginary friend, its still a void.
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When you get rid of God, what do you fill the void with