pez@pyuxn.UUCP (Paul Zimmerman) (09/05/85)
Mike, All I can say is how impressed I am with your bravery in speaking out about the Damager-God to people like Dan Boscovich. You are absolutely right, he sounds like a willing sheep slave in a fascist dictatorship who has been too brainwashed to know the difference between good and evil. I feel truly sorry for him, but I hope some light can be shed on things as a result of an open discussion between Dan, myself, you, and others who have opinions on the nature of this Damager-God and His actions. Dan did not provide a very interesting rebuttal to cjc@psuvm.BITNET's points about how God hardened Pharaoh's heart. He avoids the issue of God's deliberate malicious interference entirely as if it was inconsequential. He mentions the ``lesson Job learned in the end,'' but the only lesson I can see in that book is God saying ``Obey me for I am powerful, and I can do whatever I want to you whether you obey or not.'' Since Dan assumes certain things about the nature of God, he learns a different lesson. You are right, Mike, responsibility for the crimes of the ages rest at the feet of the Damager-God. But people like Dan will never see fit to rest it there because they have been so well enslaved by the pig God. I really am truly sorry for people like him, and I do hope I can help them overcome their sheepishness toward God and realize what He is really like. Once they come to see Him for what He is, I am as sure that they will stop whorshiping Him as they are sure that once you get into their web of faith you will accept God and become His slave. Be well, -- Paul Zimmerman - AT&T Bell Laboratories pyuxn!pez