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From: beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Beth Christy)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Paul Zimmerman
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Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 20:52:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 27 20:52:22 1985
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[The Damager-Line-Eater ate this, but created another one to drive us crazy]

From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz), Message-ID: <749@cybvax0.UUCP>:
>Free will in a fixed game, where you can't win, can't break even, and can't
>leave the game is no bargain.  The damager god set up the game, for the
>purpose of watching us suffer.  He could have set up the game some other
>way; but for his own cruel and inscrutable purposes he has determined that
>no matter what our decisions, we shall inevitably suffer.

But in his initial posting, Paul stated that the damager-god's claims
to have created anything were a sham, that the earth and humans (AND
the god itself) evolved in accordance with natural forces.  So why
should we credit/blame the damager-god for setting up the game so we
can't win, can't break even and can't quit?

-- 

--JB        (Beth Christy, U. of Chicago, ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!beth)

"What if the after-effect of the terrible bomb is unusual beyond belief?
 Wouldn't you rather the whole population had listened to somebody like
    the old Indian chief?"   (The Roches)