Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxi!cher From: cher@ihuxi.UUCP (Mike Musing) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Heavenly harassment. Message-ID: <1084@ihuxi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 08:48:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxi.1084 Posted: Wed Sep 12 08:48:02 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 20:56:26 EDT References: <1071@ihuxi.UUCP>, <276@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 21 some examples of god's behaviour i did not like: Don't remember in full detail. But Story with apples, rhethorical question to Kain(sp?), snake's fate, call on protopeople to multiply (good thing they ate that apple), getting angry at that poor fellow Onan, generally playing around with those feeble-minded humans of own invention, above all, forcing an old gentleman to take a swing at his son with a knife atop mountain, you name it. I don't remember. I can, of course, assume religionists' point of view and explain away these things, having 5000 years' efforts of theologists behind me. But my interest was in people's immediate sentiments. For Paul DuBois: The above is not a generally accepted argument for same reason chili is not everybody's favorite food. I think I making a mistake here Mike Musing