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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: Re: What God Wants
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 15:50:49 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 15:50:49 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
> bunker!garys

You're right.  People don't want to believe that there is a God who
might (gosh!) make a *demand* on them for something.  As long as God
remains vague and amorphous, saying "do what you like, as long as
you don't hurt anyone", everything's cool.  As soon as God says
"thou shalt not ...", or "this is right and that is wrong", well,
that's a different story.  Man does not want to acknowledge 
an authority above himself.

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Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois