bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort) (11/07/88)
In article <887@taurus.BITNET> <shani%TAURUS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: > Hey Barry! I didn't know you believe in God! :-) My favorite definition of God is the one appearing in Raymond Smullyan's Socratic dialogue, "Is God a Taoist", found in his charming book, _The Tao is Silent_, and reprinted in Hofstadter and Dennett's _The Mind's I_. Midway into a lengthy discussion between Mortal and God, Mortal asks God for a definition of just what or who He really is. God replies, "Perhaps the best definition that you mortals can frame of me at this stage of your evolution is that I am 'the very process of enlightenment'. And what you refer to as the Devil (and I wish you wouldn't) is the unfortunate length of time the process takes." --Barry Kort