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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: PCs vs Gods (reposted)
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 17:59:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  6 17:59:13 1985
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>   Consider the kinds of powers normally attributed to gods:
> 
>   (1) Creation of the universe.
>   (2) Creator of the human species and/or other living species.
>   (3) Omniscient/Omnipresent.
>   (4) Hears the prayers of all worshippers at all times.
>   (5) Control over death/the afterlife.

This list of properties strikes me as grossly biased towards a
Judeo-Christian view of what a god is.  Neither the Greek nor the
Roman gods met most of these specs, and their worshippers most
assuredly considered them gods.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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