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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Stranger in a Strange Land - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 7-Dec-83 22:58:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  7 22:58:17 1983
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uicsl!wombat    Dec  6 22:50:00 1983

I found the idea fairly agreeable. The closest thing I can accept
to a god is the "life spark," the thing that separates the living
from the non-living. All of us have our own little spark to play
with for a while, and it's interesting to see what people do with
their lives. I don't think it can be "passed around" the way
Heinlein did, and I'm not sure it would be such a good idea, at
least not this millenium; I didn't think it was a good idea even
before I saw *Brainstorm*. Many days, though, I think life is just
random chance and even "Thou art God" doesn't fit (but maybe the
"religion" in *Sixth Column* does).
						Wombat
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