Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!unc!tim From: tim@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Re: Re: Ark Confusion Message-ID: <5454@unc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 14:29:25 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5454 Posted: Tue Jun 28 14:29:25 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 08:54:39 EDT Lines: 41 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? ====================================== The overworked keyboard of Tim Maroney duke!unc!tim (USENET) tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill