Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!ethan From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac) Newsgroups: net.origins,net.religion,net.religion.christian Subject: Re: The true God lives in the real world Message-ID: <667@utastro.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 10:40:57 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.667 Posted: Fri Sep 6 10:40:57 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Sep-85 07:44:10 EDT References: <304@pyuxn.UUCP> <2137CJC@psuvm> <397@scgvaxd.UUCP> <2109@burdvax.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.origins:2337 net.religion:7589 net.religion.christian:1263 [] While perusing some newsgroups I have given up (and net.origins, alas, is one) I came across the following thought: > > Incorrect. The Bible teaches that the heart (i.e. will) of man is evil and > wicked. Pharaoh, on his own, could have acted no other way. The > unregenerate man (Pharaoh) can only act according to his nature, which > Pharaoh did in this case. What happened to Pharaoh happens to every > person who rejects God and His offer of salvation. > It occurs to me that this is a falsifiable proposition. If it is correct then either I am religious or I will always act in an evil manner. I conclude that many (perhaps most) of the people I know who claim not to be religious are lying. > Communism is to government what astrology is to science. Cute. However I note that although I am a scientist (as are many of my relatives) no astrologer has ever murdered any of my cousins. Regrettably the same is not true of communists. -- "Support the revolution Ethan Vishniac in Latin America... {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan Buy Cocaine" ethan@astro.UTEXAS.EDU Department of Astronomy University of Texas