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From: daveh@tekcrl.UUCP (Dave Hatcher)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: God and suffering/LOVE
Message-ID: <315@tekcrl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 16:10:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 24 16:10:51 1985
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>In article <388@pyuxn.UUCP> pez@pyuxn.UUCP (Paul Zimmerman) writes:
>>In article <171@l5.uucp>, Laura Creighton writes:
>>
>>> It does not require omnipotence to design a world where there are no
>>> earthquakes or no common cold. I figure, either God is not omnipotent,
>>> or he/she/it is evil.
>>
>>That's not an exclusive or, Laura. Certainly He could be both (not omnipotent
>>and evil). In fact, He is.
>>
>>Be well,
>>-- 
>>Paul Zimmerman - AT&T Bell Laboratories
>>pyuxn!pez

>I guess I was not clear.  I meant this an an exclusive or.  

	>IF (God is omnipotent)
		THEN (God is evil)	/* else there would be no earthquakes */
	>ELSE
		(God could be other than evil)
					/* maybe God hates earthquakes as well*/

	ELSE IF (God is love and "ALL" is in that love)
					/* We humans are trying to define 
				           earthquakes as evil*/	

We humans want to see every thing that harms us as evil. But the growth
of the earth is not evil. Im quite sure God is very happy with the way
his creation is growing. The possibilities for the directions of growth
are endless. How can letting that growth happen not be love.
We humans are not the center of life. But we also are not separate from
it. And infact, fooling ourselfs that we are separate from life is 
producing a poisoned earth. 
If we can  start seeing that love, and start treating "ALL" with the
respect of love, we as a human race will begin to improve our own
kind.
So LIVE and enjoy that LOVE that we are a part of, so others may LIVE
to LOVE also.


If we start seeing love in others, 
we will start treating them with love.