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From: tim@unc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Ark Confusion
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Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 14:29:25 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 28 14:29:25 1983
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            You point out how you think it would be impossible
        to feed and care for so many animals on the Ark.  I
        agree, but some early accounts mention terrific cold
        in the ark.  I think we should allow the possibilities
        of hibernation or other techniques to assist in taking
        care or so many animals.

    Surely you jest.  The ark was built by Noah with divine guidance,
but all God did was shut the door.  If God was supplying Noah with
cryogenics, why not just make the whole boat?  Better yet, why not
just knock off all the people and leave the animals alone?  If your
answer is "God works in mysterious ways", see my recent posting on Dr.
Eby and rational proof of God's existence.

            Relative to your perceived inconsistency with the
        mercy of God let me say that from an eternal
        perspective death is only moving from this sphere of
        existence to the next.  The purpose of existence is
        for us to grow and learn.  That purpose would be
        totally thwarted if God always intervened.

    Then why is murder a sin?  All you're doing is causing the person
to undergo a growth experience, right?  If different laws apply to God
and Man, by what standard is God "good"?

            [God] could stop all bad accidents but it would
        serve no purpose.  Sure we would all be healthy, but
        learning to live with a disability has been very good
        some people.

    Oh yes, certainly someone in a fatal accident is helped by it, and
will live to become a better person.  Are you making a sick joke of
some sort, or what?

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