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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
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Subject: Re: a prayer for the dying
Message-ID: <Jun.2.23.50.34.1991.24988@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 3 Jun 91 03:50:36 GMT
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In article <May.30.00.33.50.1991.19343@athos.rutgers.edu> trondst@mack.uit.no (Trond S. Trondsen) writes:

   Am I being unfair to God by using the Bible as my absolute frame of
   reference?  If the answer is YES then suddenly Christianity makes
   no sense at all to me, and I'll start looking into Hinduism.

I'll mail you a copy of the Upanishads because you are going to need
them.  You certainly are being unfair to God by using the Bible as an
absolute frame.  The Bible, simply put, is not God.  To use the Bible
as your absolute frame of reference, rather than God, is idolatry.

	-mib