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From: george@sysvis
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Damager-God = Shiva/Yin ?
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 17:55:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 17:55:00 1985
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> What you seem to miss is the erroneous assumption that evil is ``naturally''
> coupled with good, that for every evil force there is a natural equal
> opposing good force.  Rosen has beaten to death the term ``wishful thinking.''
> But it certainly applies when we see people looking at the willful evil
> present in the world, and hypothesizing not only that there is another
> willful force respresenting good, but also that that good force is the
> ``God'' that they whorship. You ask if my ideas are basically rehashes
> of old ones. In a way, they are, as you have pointed out by showing examples
> of evil deities and forces. The big difference between my ideas and theirs
> (and also gnosticism) is that I choose not to make the assumption about
> the existence of a benevolent God that others do.

I understand what you have written here.  You have also just told me that
the universe itself is an "open system", rather than a "closed system".  Are
you ready now to take on the "big-bangers"?  If not, then you need to let
us all in on how "unipoles" exist in a closed system.  Please advise.

                 ...!ihnp4!sys1!sysvis!george robertson


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