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From: dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (David S. Green)
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Subject: Re: Coming to know God
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 13:06:39 EDT
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>>Where did that information come from? 
>>The same thing is true for the experiences
>>of the Isrealites in battle. Generals throughout history have made their
>>battle stories seem larger than life. Certainly it's in God's interest for
>>Him to pass down the story that it was His action that saved the people, not
>>their own fortitude. Who wrote down and passed down what the Jews believed
>>about God bringing them victory? Or did he simply deceive them the way He
>>is still deceiving you today? The Old Testament is just as full of God's
>>lies as the New
              ^^^ York Times if you are talking about modern IsrAEl in
battle.  Seems that Israel's generals have had a super record in battle
since 1948, as reported in the New York Times. I think
it is quite remarkable that shortly after six million Old Testament worshippers
were killed by one madman, a new nation was born.  Makes me think that someone
up there has a hand in it!
		Perhaps someday in the future, skeptics will 
question if six million were actually killed and also the heroism of the
20th century Israeli Army - but only if all of this is recorded in one
sanctioned book.  I better get my pen ready now.
David "Ezra" Green