【单选题】

The idea of______, whether the biblical version or the Enlightenment's, is at bottom a tragic notion, for it implies that individual human choices count for nothing against the weight of______, overwhelming protective force.
A．(A) godlessness … a heretic

B．(B) providence … an inexorable
C．(C) destiny … a resentful
D．(D) disaster … a catastrophic
E．(E) fate … a paternal