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From: hutch@dadla-b.UUCP
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Subject: Re: logic
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Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 20:20:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 25 20:20:41 1983
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OK, mARK bLOORE caught me in the middle of a semantic discontinuity,

In other words, I do think there is a difference between purpose and motivation
but when I try to categorize it, I fall into a mumble of vague and ambiguous
cross references.

Therefore, I retract my agreement with the notion that God's only purpose
in any of His actions is to bring Himself glory.  It is a major motive
as far as we are shown in the Jewish and Christian scriptures.  I cannot
say for sure what it would mean to assert that it is His ONLY purpose.

I suspect my difficulty (or lack thereof) is that I see purpose, used in
this sense, to mean "intention", where mARK sees it in its alternate menaing
(meaning, I meant) of "reason for".

If you substitute the word "intention" you get an assertion that sounds a
little better to our biased ears, and seems to me to be a little more of
a general statement.

Thanks, mARK, for your incisive reply.

Hutch.