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From: mark@utzoo.UUCP (mark bloore)
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Subject: Re: Re: logic
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Date: Tue, 2-Aug-83 23:55:14 EDT
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from a continuing discussion between hutch and myself:

	How then can you fault God, who has made it possible for us cracked
	and saggy and highly imperfect (don't bore me by claiming to be
	perfect or even remotely close to it) creations, to become perfect?

so who made us cracked and saggy and highly imperfect?  your analogy between
us and the potter's rejects suggests that our troubles are god's bad luck.
does god depend on luck?
shall i thank god for offering a helping hand after dumping me in the mud?
	
	What I challenge in all this is your claim that even if you did believe
	in the Christian view of God, that you would turn from Him because you
	could not accept His actions.   Would you similarly turn away from your
	views on natural history and evolution because of the massive cruelty
	inherent in the destruction of those thousands of species of dinosaur
	when the asteroid fell?

natural history does not choose to do cruel things, they just happen.
if god chooses to cause suffering then i shall certainly take exception to
it.  if he has no choise, then why should i worship him?  he is not doing
anything special.

				mARK bLOORE
				univ of toronto
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