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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson)
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Subject: Re: What God Wants
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 17:17:09 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 17:17:09 1984
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> Face it. God doesn't want us all to be Christians, or Catholics, or Jews,
> or Zen Buddists...

Now if a Christian makes a statement about what God does or doesn't want,
probably a dozen people would accuse the writer of being presumptious.
"How do you know what God wants?  When did he reveal himself personally
to you?  Do you often have private conversations with him?" or some such.

I predict that the people who would do that, in the case of a Christian
making a statement about what God wants, will not do that in this case.
Could it be because the above sentiment appeals to more people?  I.e.,
many people wish that God were like that, and therefore he must be?
Ah, good old "wishful thinking".

Gary Samuelson
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