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From: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: A Fig for 'what's his name'.
Message-ID: <258@prometheus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Sep-86 11:19:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 23 11:19:00 1986
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Reply-To: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc)
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>> 
>> In article <1150@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes:
>> >And even if the tree is barren one year, it might bear the next.  Killing
>> >the tree is simply wanton destruction.

>In article <251@prometheus.UUCP> pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc) writes:
>> Pruning diseased trees can be a good thing, even if you do it with a damn!   

In article <1156@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes:
>Second, any god who can supposedly perform resurrections could surely have
>performed a different miracle and caused the tree to spontaneously bear
>fruit (or be cured, if your silly speculation is assumed.)

Very true, but remember Mike, some of us are more thick headed
than others and we couldn't learn that there miracle thing so
good in this life, so maybe we should be give a few lessons in
"tough love".  You can't imagine what monsters some of us turn
out to be when "mommy" and "dada" always come to the rescue every
time we mess up.  

>I'm disgusted by the common Christian attitude that "because we assume
>god is good, we can make up any outlandish story we want to reinterpret
>the bible to cast god in a favorable light."  
>You blatantly assume what you want to prove, rather than examining 
>the evidence (such as it is.)

On dear, I'm guilty, I'm guilty!  Do anything -  but Please,.. I beg you!
          DON'T FEED ME TO THE CHRISTIANS.      aaaaaahhhhhggga

Gee,  I think I've met me a "flaming liberal".
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