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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Pride and the damager-god
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 11:52:10 EST
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> Has anyone else out there in net-land noticed the immense pride and
> ego-gratification must come from believing that evil in the world
> is solely the result of the damager-god?  [BRENGLE]

Yes, Charles Wingate has said the same thing over and over.  And, as with
Charles' pronouncements, your own words are without support, and in fact
come back to haunt you.

> According to what I have read from Paul and others, while not omnipotent,
> the damager-god is immensely powerful.  The most powerful being there is.
> Now, every day Paul and his "disciples" go up against this powerful being.
> One-on-one.  And every day that they continue to live, they have defeated
> him.  At least for one more day.  What a good feeling!  To go head-to-head
> against the most powerful being there is and to defeat it!  Heady stuff!
> Talk about the ultimate ego trip!  "I am more powerful than the (previously)
> most powerful being in this universe!"

Compare that "pride" to THIS pride:  "I am loved by the greatest most
benevolent thing in the universe, my life is looked after by him because I
believe in him."  ANY quantitative or qualitative difference in the magnitude
and form of pride from the "pride" shown in the previous example?  (It
seems like Tim's pride represents the true winner in the contest for ultimate
ego trip!)
-- 
"Mrs. Peel, we're needed..."			Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr