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From: hutch@dadla-b.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Not about abortion
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Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 14:32:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 22 14:32:19 1983
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What would I think of a human whose only motivation was self-glorification?

Loaded question.  I answer it as if mARK had thought about it rather than
leaping to conclusions.

I would think that a person whose ONLY motivation is self-glory, had a
God complex.  I.E. that said person thought they were capable of glory
and that they were sorely mistaken.

The statement "God does what He wants ... for no other purpose than to
bring Himself glory" does NOT say that God's ONLY motivation is self-glory
but rather that His PRIMARY motivation is His glory.

What would you think, mARK, of someone (an artist, for example) who created
incredibly beautiful things, and when asked why, said that it was so they
would be remembered and admired?  That is a very pale reflection of the
kind of Glory that is God's, and the motivation towards increasing it which
He has demonstrated.  When that motivation leads Him to cause His Son to
suffer and die, in order to restore and save part of His creation, then
how can you talk about double standards?

Hutch