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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Re: Clarification indeed!
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 21:12:12 EDT
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> 	Rich,
> 
> 	On what do you base your intollerance of everyone and everything
>  said on this net ( except for those who agree with you )? [TEITZ]

I wasn't aware that YOU and your opinions were representative of "everyone
and everything said on this net".  How presumptive of you?  I'd noticed
several people with similar perspectives to mine.  Why not lash out at
them?  Because it's more publicly acceptable to lash out at me?  How
quaint.  Your opinions are not those of everyone on this net, much as you
might like to believe that.

> 	We all know you don't believe the Torah is something special. I
>  personally have no objective proof to that fact.

Ahem.  In the real world, the one most of us live in, it is the one who is
claiming that something is special, not the one who isn't, who bears the
burden of proof.

> If you want to read an 
>  interesting little article about G-D and why He doesn't let Himself be
>  seen read the pamphlet 'If You Were G-D ' ( or something along those lines)
>  written by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. If you want me to send you a copy I'll
>  be glad to.

There's a similar pamphlet about why Ubizmo (the god of shoe polish and
wax museums) doesn't let HIMself be seen.  And another on why unicorns
can't be seen.  It's real easy to argue from such a ridiculous position.
Unless you come across someone who doesn't accept the blatantly odd
assumptions behind them.
-- 
"to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day
 to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human
 being can fight and never stop fighting."  - e. e. cummings
	Rich Rosen	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr