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From: snafu@ihuxi.UUCP (Dave Wallis)
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Subject: Re: Personnal Testaments as Proofs
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Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 14:19:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 23 14:19:52 1984
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In regards to the ongoing discussion of the existance of God:

>> After becoming an adult, I met a person who changed my attitude and
>> my LIFE. God is a "parent". Many refer to him as "Our Father". He
>> has set the rules. The main idea is love. The rest would follow.
>> Mankind has skewed up the world. Mankind kills, steals, and has
>> set up his own rules.
>> 
>> God, as our "Father", does as any parent would do. Tries to tell
>> his "children" right from wrong. We, the children, have the choice.
>> We, the children, have to pay for our own mistakes.
>> 
>> Mankind can change the world back to where it should be. If they
>> believe in God or not, mankind can change it. If we,
>> 'the fooling ourselves' (as it was put by Walt) will only help
>> it along. BUT GOD CAN'T DO IT HIMSELF.
 
This line of reasoning does seem to make sense, and it is not a new
idea. It does, however, confilct the common definition of God. Either
God is omnipotent, or He cannot change mankind. If you accept this
argument, you must also seriously doubt whether God posseses the other
qualities associated with Him (omniscience, etc), since if He is not
all-powerful, He is probably not all-knowing, and so on. If this is the
case, then there is nothing left to distinguish Him from us.


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                              Dave Wallis
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                         AT&T Technologies, Inc.
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