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From: djhawley@watrose.UUCP (David John Hawley)
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Subject: Re: Good and Evil (partPart 3)
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Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 20:52:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 11 20:52:04 1984
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You were somewhat off the mark when you described Satan's temptations
as a short-cut. Since Christ did what his Father told him,
and also since Christ's reason for coming to the earth encompassed
his sacrificial death (dare I say the primary reason), the short-cut
was a dead end.
"Why experience doubt or pain or humiliation? Take an easy way out.
The human race will be the only loser".

Hardly a hands off policy to advise a few stages of radical surgery
(crucifixion, tribulation, rapture, etc ) {not necessarily in that order}
rather than essentially self-serving bandaid-over-the-decapitation
approach Satan temmpted Jesus with.

  David Hawley