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From: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
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Subject: Re: God is Dead
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 09:30:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 09:30:07 1985
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Summary: 

In article <1008@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Arthur Pewtey) writes:
>> God is dead. Like in: 'Tucson is dead on a Tuesday night'. God is boring.
>> Does it matter whether there is a god or not? Maybe in some abstract and
>> unemotional way. What's god done for you lately? What's god done for any-
>> one lately? Murders and wars and natural disasters keep causing human
>> misery. God doesn't do anything to stop it. In fact, if god exists and 
>> has the attributes normally attributed to him, then he must be causing all
>> this suffering and misery. In which case our life is a struggle with god.
>> But I prefer to think of my life as a string of connected physical exper-
>> iences that can be interpreted in their own right, without appeal to the
>> supernatural. That's all I can do. And think of suffering and misery as 
>> a condition that can be overcome through human, technological efforts. Who
>> needs god?
>> 
>> 					Regards,
>> 						Bill Light
>
>Well spoken, Bruce!  Couldn't have summed it up better myself.
>	Rich Rosen	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr


I'll second Rich's approval.  The question remains - Does it matter whether 
there is a god or not?  I think the question answers itself.

>> Who needs god?

It seems that too many do.  I won't bother going through the many types of 
persons that rely on a belief of god for one reason or another.  If you fear
your all too insecure earthly life and seek comfort in believing in an uncertain
supernatural power, then you can derive security knowing that many others have
the same fear.  But then, is there a benefit in fear?

- John Lipinski 	ihnp4!masscomp!lip