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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: More unfinished business
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Date: Sun, 29-Jan-84 03:36:55 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 29 03:36:55 1984
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Larry,
all that you are saying is that there is sufficient criteria for you to
consider God worthy of worship. However, other people may not see that
this is sufficient criteria at all. Why should I worship anything? If
God doesn't need my worship, then why should I bother? To give me something
to do? Because it is good for me? Or simply because God wants me to?

I can think of better things to do than worship, and I see no evidence that
worship does anything good for me. That leaves the third reason. God wants
me to worship Him. Okay -- should I? Why? I would rather sleep Sundays.
The only thing that could move me to worship God is either that I thought
it was good for me (but I don't) or I loved Him. I am willing to do all
sorts of things for those that I love, even if they are inconvenient.

But I cannot love that God. He behaves too abominably for me to work up
any love for Him. It is relatively easy for me to work up *fear* of him,
but I am frightened of a lot of things and I have to get on with life anyway.
An awful lot of life consists of doing that which you find very frightening
because you believe that it needs doing. So, if you could prove to me that
God exists, you could indeed make me frightened, but (given that I do not
fail the test of courage) you still couldn't make me worship Him.

Even if God exists, I cannot love Him. Jesus I might be able to work up
a liking for, but not God the Father. (Unless, of course, the Biblical
accounts are significantly *wrong*, in which case all bets are off.)
Without love I cannot worship. 


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Laura Creighton (NOTE NEW ADDRESS)
utzoo!laura