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From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron C. Howes)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Unanswered prayers
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 23:52:48 EST
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In article <934@cvl.UUCP> harwood@cvl.UUCP (David Harwood) writes:
>	On the contrary, all we know for sure is that you would
>implicitly belittle the faith of your close friend, for the sake 
>of scoring your point--

I'd like to think that was Paul's point.  (It probably isn't, but we'll
let that go by right now.)  Personal testimony is selective.  Those
who believe in the deity of infinite goodness remember the good things
that happen.  Those who believe in a maltheistic diety remember all the
bad things that have happened.  Both may be remembering accurately or
neither may be remembering accurately depending on your point of view.

Actually it is a bit unfair to bang on the Christian propensity for
personal witness here.  This *is* net.religion.christian (though it often
doesn't seem that way.)  Perhaps the discussion should remain in
net.religion.
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						Byron C. Howes
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