oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) (10/04/86)
>>>As we develop our life with God as the center, we begin >>>to approach life in a different way: The way God approaches life. >>>Now imagine the ideal situation where everybody reacted to life in >>>this way, wanted the best for others. If everybody lived their >>>lives in that way, I think we'd have a pretty good idea of what >>>heaven is like. [Kiki Herbst] >> The intention is a nice one, but the idea frightens me. >> [Various mealymouthed reluctances.] >> Robert A. Pease >That is exactly my point in why we should base our decisions on what God >wants. ------------------------------ Dear Kiki, I just got the word through an unimpeachable source whose identity I am not at liberty to divulge at this time (because to do so would interfere with His holy works,) but have no reason to doubt the vera- city of what I am about to impart, and I retransmit it to you and the net with complete confidence that it will effect a miracle in the joy and worldwide happiness attendant upon reading USENET. Read it care- fully, since the forces of evil are even now massing their weapons and threatening this humble messenger's very account, and this message cannot be repeated: I mean, this is important stuff I have been entrusted to tell the Lord's children, and I only pray that my effort is not too late. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- **** WHAT GOD WANTS **** God wants us to edit our newsgroups lines when we post. God wants us to post articles on abortion to talk.abortion, NOT to soc.women. God wants us not to post to any newsgroup except talk.religion.misc about what God wants, because God knows that we have no way of knowing what God wants, so we may as well talk only about what WE want without filtering God's desires through our own preju- dices and misconceptions. God wants me to wonder how anyone can run around talking about what God wants, thereby avoiding any apparent responsibility for deciding what she wants, unless she is faking something big- time. God wants us to know that if we see a bumper sticker saying "Honk if you love Jesus" it is a bad idea to honk to express an opinion about Jesus because it will annoy the turkey who put the bump- er sticker on as well as everyone else in the vicinity. However, it is just fine to honk to annoy the turkey simply for being a turkey, for God told Man to be fruitful and multi- ply, and to rule over the beasts of the field and the birds of the air, and that includes the turkeys who buy such bumper stickers. Of course, God understands that innocent bystanders will also be annoyed, but He has wisely created traffic cops to impose some constraint on how much we may annoy the turkeys within city limits, for God's wisdom comprehends full well that thou shalt not make an omelette without breaking eggs. God only wishes they were turkey eggs, so such moral dilemmas shall be fewer in number in the future, when the generations a-coming (hallelujah) won't have so many turkeys to deal with. But God knows full well that such things take time, and the turkeys are showing more resilience than expected, and may be with us for a long time yet. BUT MOST IMPORTANT! ********************************************************************** God wants everyone to know that Kiki Herbst doesn't really exist, that that persona has been taken over by the wicked fallen angel, FRED KARAHALIOPOLIS of "Good advise" fame, exiled from UIUC because of unspeakable offenses against Cheryl Stewart's blood pressure and the sanctity of the Holy net itself. So any sub- stantive responses ain't gonna make it folks - ya dig? ********************************************************************** Ken Arndt his very self wants me to post this message so he doesn't get in any more trouble. He's Christian so he must be right, and I know (because I looked.) -- Oded A. Feingold MIT AI Lab 545 Tech Square Cambridge, Mass. 02139 {allegra|ihnp4!mit-eddie}!mit-vax!oaf OAF@OZ.AI.MIT.EDU 617-253-8598