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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery)
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Subject: Re: Hua, "why should YOU believe..."
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 10:21:43 EST
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>I believe in God because he answers prayers.  I have seen personally and
>read about many others of SPECIFIC answers to needs prayed about with no
>objective reason to expect any answer without "intervention".

I quit believing in "God" because he didn't answer prayers, nor did I
sense any sort of communication taking place.

> I have had
>to learn patience (answers are not normally instantaneous) and reasonableness

I never got *any* answers, regardless of the request.

>(if you ask your father for a rock, isn't even a human father going to give
>bread?).  

That depends on whether you're eating supper or building a wall. :-)

> Rick Merrill

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The above viewpoints are mine.  They are unrelated to
those of anyone else, including my cats and my employer.

Ken Montgomery  "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
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