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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.misc
Subject: Re: Is god a bad example?
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Date: Tue, 3-Jul-84 12:06:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  3 12:06:05 1984
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Perhaps the problem here is not "God's duty to man" but rather man's
interpretation of God's relationship to himself? Substitute "man" for
"God" in the original posting, and "ants" for "men", for example.
Mankind could do a lot to make life for ants easier, longer, less
stressful, etc. We don't. As a matter of fact, in the areas in which
we interact, we do the opposite. In the areas where we don't interact
(the average ant colony out in the desert or wilderness somewhere), we
are indifferent to their actions or fate.

We like to think that God cares about us and our actions, but, if He
really exists, it seems a lot more likely that His attitude toward
us would be much like ours to the ants. The relationships seem sort
of equivalent on the "Great Chain of Being", to drag in that concept...

Will