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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f302.n141.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Bible
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Date: 4 Jan 90 21:30:18 GMT
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 AH> My point was very simple: If you are correct in saying that 
 AH> disabled people are that way because God wants it that way, then 
 AH> your God is not the merciful being described in your Bible.  
 AH> Mercy implies not harming innocents - in fact, it also implies 
 AH> not harming the guilty! *adh*

        I have trouble with a God who would permit his Son to die such
a terrible death.  I have trouble with a God who permits little
children to starve to death, who allows church spokespersons to bilk
millions out of people, and who overlooks conditions like SCI,
blindness, AIDS, birth defects, and child abuse.
        I have trouble reconciling a merciful God with the one who
demands vengence.
                -=joe=-

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