单项选择题

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