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From: mark@utzoo.UUCP (mark bloore)
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Subject: Re: logic
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Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 21:17:39 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 27 21:17:39 1983
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ok, hutch, let us say that "god's primary INTENTION is to bring himself
glory".  i don't see that this makes him look any better in the light of
all the terrible things he has done to his people.  (yes, i am judging him
by my own standards.  i see no reason to condone cruelty in a god that i 
would condemn in a human.  its not as if this were a matter strictly between
gods).

your analogy of the self-glorifying artist would be better if the artist were
also a bloody conquerer, a la alexander the great or attila the hun.
the artist is harmless, or even laudable, whatever i think of his motives.  
the conquerer needs to be stopped.
suppose the artist sacrificed his son for the sake of one of his beautiful
creations.  would this be a glorious thing?  that is why i mentioned
double standards.

				mARK bLOORE
				univ of toronto
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