Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:25:49 -0700 From: "Senex R. Rupicapra" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net> Subject: Re: [Christian Anarchists] Scott Spaeth saith: > Because the nature of the universe didn't suddenly change. > Either there is a capricious, jealous god who demanded a blood > sacrifice of his one "innocent" offspring because his Plasticine > men didn't behave as he thought they ought to, or there isn't. > If there isn't, Jesus was just a slightly insane humanist > philosopher, not the divine embodiment of all that is good and > just. It doesn't affect the right or wrongness of his principles, > but it puts yet another nail in the cross of making a religion > out of him. ....or there aint any god at all or if there be one it's disconnected and irrelevant. as for Jesus, if he actually existed, y have to ask yrself about the credibility (or credulousness?) of his biographers. concerning the nature o the universe i gotta respectfully disagree. as the center o the universe, it's my duty to interpret it in the light o my experience, knowledge, and intuition. when one or more o them shifts or changes, so, too, does my perception (and the nature) o the universe. the premise o a objective, implacably exacting, one-size-fits-all universe is erroneous at best. if y havent discovered this, y will eventually (supposing that y stay around long enow. as to moving on and then becoming aware o it, i suspect but i dont for sure recollect.) old goat. Who is to bell the cat? It's easy to propose impossible remedies.--Aesop ÐÏࡱá
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