Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site sdcc7.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc7!ln63fac From: ln63fac@sdcc7.UUCP (Rick Frey) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Summary of my questions Message-ID: <146@sdcc7.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 02:59:23 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc7.146 Posted: Tue Oct 29 02:59:23 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 00:05:37 EST Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 35 Paul, Sorry again for doing it this way, but I was at a loss as to how to get our miscommunication straightened out. I hope this does it. Any questions you feel that I haven't hit clearly or yoou've been unclear on what I've been saying, feel free to question me back. 1) How did the damager-God come about? Did he/it evolve? If so where are the others or was there some big fight? If he/it was created, who created he/she/it and what about them, who created them, etc. 2) Scenario: You're 12 year old son says he didn't mow the lawn (when you specifically asked him to) because the damager-God controlled his actions and made him not do it. He uses the same excuse for taking drugs, stealing and beating up other kids. How do you answer him? 3) To broaden this last one, how would you deal with a criminal who on the stand said that he didn't want to kill all those people but the damager-God made him. How do you punish someone for something they didn't do or weren't the motivating force behind? 4) Why do we have a Bible that tells people to look for the good, ignore the evil, be joyful in tribulation, praise God when things go bad, love you neighbors, treat other people as more important than yourselves when all these things will make people get along much happier rather than teachings like go ahead and divorce your wife if you don't like her and if someone hurts you go ahead and get them back. Why would an evil God write or inspire a book that teaches people how to live together peacefully? These are my big three(the criminal one is just an extension of #2). Go ahead and respond seperately to this and crank away. I'll be looking forward to seeing if we can get straightened out on making clear what we've answered and dealt with (or attempted to deal with) and what's still up in the air. Rick Frey