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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: How come God doesn't affect Dave?
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Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 22:28:50 EDT
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> You and Richie Rosen must have collaborated on this one, you sound like
> siamese twins.  Both of you are totally missing the point.  This Paul is
> a raving person.  [RAY FRANK on Paul Zimmerman]

Is the phrase "takes one to know one" appropriate here?

> There exists various degrees of disbelief in something.  Paul is even to the
> left of the extreme of the greatest of degrees.

I see, he is wrong because his position is extremely different from yours.
How obvious!

> He really is hurting inside worse than someone who simply disagrees or agrees
> with something.  It is so obvious that a psychologist would have little
> trouble diagnosing it as extreme or peculiar behavior likened to a psychosis. 
> Paul is so obsessed with his ideas that he has lost the ability to reason
> rationally about this subject.

Contrast this with the following:

> I happen to believe in a loving God, but I don't consider this as raving and
> ranting about it.  You would be doing Paul a big favor if you didn't pat him
> on the back and tell him everything is OK. 

I fail to see the difference between you and Paul.  I tend to think you are
two of a kind.  Your nonsense is just as raving as that of Paul, but at
least Paul speaks cogently and answers questions put to him.  You, on the
other hand, are an evader of the first order, and your positions have never
once been substantiated by anything at all.  Paul's reasoning may be exactly
the same in quality as those who believe in God (only diametrically opposite),
but your "reasoning" processes have yet to be seen.
-- 
"Wait a minute.  '*WE*' decided???   *MY* best interests????"
					Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr


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