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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: Re: Re: Response to Tim Maroney - The character of God. (very long)
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Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 11:07:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  5 11:07:54 1984
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> 	Tim Maroney did a good job at proving how wise man thinks he is,
> 	when he is really a fool.
> 
> "He who calls another fool shall be liable to the hellfire"... Tim's
> article dealt with God.  The claim that it was only to show "how
> wise man really thinks he is" is an expression of your need to deride
> the opponents of your God... not an expression of the truth.

Yeah.  Ken expresses what he believes.  Ken's enemies say he's hate-
filled and derisory.  Sounds like net.motss.

> 	I know someone who will (literaly) dispose of him at the
> 	proper time, that's not my job.
> 
> But you seem to derive enormous satisfaction from the thought of your
> intellectual enemies burned to a crisp.  That's blood-thirsty
> revenge.... not forgiveness or an attitude of understanding.

This is silly.  If Ken really wanted to see his "intellectual enemies"
burned to a crisp, he'd shut up and refuse to say what he knows.
 
> No its not your job.... but what would you say if God said, "Tim's
> article was well put together and done in the spirit of honest
> questioning... while YOU (you slime you vermin) cared only to
> suck up to me.... damned art thou!"

Honest rebellion, you mean.
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Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois