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Subject: Two pea brains in a pod!
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Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 23:05:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  5 23:05:51 1984
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You guys have been standing out in the sun too long.  Of all the vacuous
drivel I've seen on the net this about tops it.  You sound like a couple
of Christians going on about God's Plan - don't you notice it?  I mean
you don't even have a book that tells you what you say is so - it just comes
whole cloth out of your heads.  Next you'll be telling us about Mother Nature.

One can make a case that all (most) men have a feeling of awe in the face of
the material world - but to say as you do that they are all worshiping the
same Being (what does that mean?) "in ways uniquely theirs" is nitwit.  Some
go for more than one "Being" others for none at all.  Or are you attempting
a Roman Catholic doctrine like "baptised by desire"?  Try Anthropology 101 or
Comparative Religion 101.   (see below)
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(Chuqui says:)                                                  
>... One of the great joys of humanity is its diversity, and part
>of that diversity is that widely differing groups of people can all worship
>the same Being in ways uniquely theirs. 

(Byron Howes says:)                              
I always figured that was part of the Plan.  A Deity that truly loved all
people in their diversity (and who truly wanted love in return) would understand
that different people have different expectations of their faiths, and would
provide accordingly.  No way is better or worse than any other, and all measure
the differences among us.  Ultimately, they bring us all to the same place.

    (me)    >"The Plan boss, the Plan!"  Now you're seeing plans, eh Byron.
How the hell do you know that what you have said above is true????  You got a
book, hear voices, see things??  Sounds like a lot of no brainer to me.  At 
least the Christians have a book.  Let's call nonsense by it's name, eh.

(Byron again:)
What both amuses and frightens me is how we get hung up on incredible techni-
calities (from a universal perspective) to the point that even the best of us
gets sucked into the fray.  It strikes me we lose track of the real reason
we're here -- to understand ourselves, each other, and our relationship to
the Universe.

-     						Byron C. Howes
           >It strikes me you still have a medicine bottle stuck up your nose.
How does one get to that "universal perspective", aside  from sniffing, to 
see past all those "incredible technicalities" you feel so uncomfortable with?
Wanna let us in on the method you used to determine the "real reason" we're
here?  Mankind has only been waiting for your answer for several thousand
years.  

What a load of silly crap you guys are spooning out.  And you have the BALLS
to knock the Christians!!!  You make them look pretty reasonable.  No wonder
they want to have a net free of your barf.

Keep chargin'


Ken Arndt