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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: Re: Heavenly harassment.
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Date: Mon, 10-Sep-84 12:59:39 EDT
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> [Michael Ward]
> Some info on my background: I used to have vague religious feelings
> which have been noticed to intensify during critical moments of my life,
> events which I had no control over, exams, etc. Once upon a day I decided
> to get myself a better understanding of my God (read bible). That was the
> end of my vaguely religious feelings! The god's character was so irrational
> (to my taste), unreasonable, vengeful, spiteful, and sadistic(sic) that I
> became deeply disgusted. This creator is a total feeble-minded schizophrenic,
> said I to myself => the book is a joke. There were, of course, other
> considerations which helped me with the conclusion.
> 
> The above happened some time ago, does NOT represent a generally 
> acceptable anti-religious argument, and is not an invitation to
> comment on my blindness/mistake/naivete. Too easy.
> 
> I am interested in how people perceive the god's character in the bible

Two comments, made for purpose of eliciting further info from Michael.

(i)	Can you give some specifics about what you believe to be
	irrationalities in God's character?  Alternatively,
	can you put out a posting stating that you don't intend
	to do this?  In that latter case, we will try to infer
	what you mean.
(ii)	(violating non-invitation in second paragraph).  You must
	believe, evidently, that your convictions are consistent
	enough to be held.  Why then say that your argument is
	not generally acceptable?  This makes me curious.
-- 
Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee,
The Lord make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee,
The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
						Numbers 6:24-26