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From: clark@grdian.DEC (Dave Clark, 283-6322)
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Subject: maltheism
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 09:31:10 EDT
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Paul Zimmerman:

>	[3] Living indifferently. I take this to mean not caring or not
>	having an opinion about God (agnosticism) or denying His existence
>	(atheism).

Paul, what evidence can you give for the existence of any God at all?

>I could not find love and joy in a hypocritical stance where I simply
>deny the evil of God to make me feel better about life. But I do find
>joy in beating God out of chances to cause me harm. There is no way
>to be universally happy with the Damager-God interfering in all our lives,
>except through denying His existence. And I could not find happiness in
>lying to myself.
 
So how do you beat God out of chances to cause you harm?  By simply being
aware of his true nature?  That's doubtful ....