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Subject: Re: The morals of God - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 23:12:51 EST
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uokvax!emjej    Jan 19 16:28:00 1984

>In the scheme of the entire universe with an infinite span of time, how
>important do you think you are?

Not terribly, but then God is the one Whose eye is on the sparrow (pace
whoever sang the theme to *Baretta*)...

>Comparisons of the God-human relationship to a human dictator-human subject
>greatly understate the relative rights and demands of God and humans.  I put
>the question to *you*, who the hell are you to make demands of and judge God?

Nobody (again, we are using the assumptions you list). But I don't have to
like the situation I find myself in in that case, either.

						James Jones