Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 12:52:54 EST
From: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu (Rodney Coates)
Reply-To: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu (Rodney Coates)
To: mark@mbcltd.demon.co.uk
Subject: RE: [Fwd:  Re: Fw: God and atrocities]
On Sun, 17 Dec 1995 12:18:04 -0000 you wrote:

>
>In reference to Rodney Coates et al, on God and his tolerance for evil.
>
>The obviously flawed statement is 'God exists'. If it is accepted that =
>God does exist then it is pointless trying to apply logic - Euocentric =
>or Afrocentric - to anything that then follows.
>
>I'm not really sure of the motivation for trying to find an internal =
>logic to any mystical belief systems, since they are able to accomodate =
>all sorts of contradictions precisely because they are mystical. Most =
>Christians I have ever met will simply say that something is the way it =
>is because God wishes it.
>
>Of course the preponderence of relativism these days will mean that my =
>comments are met with the reply - who am I to say that my belief system =
>is any more rational than that of the Pope's? My reply is that the views =
>I hold can be tested against reality, a reality that puts human beings =
>and their freedom at the centre. Everything can ultimately be explained =
>without needing to introduce some superior being, and anything that =
>cannot yet be explained is a result of our immature science.
>
>I look forward to any comments contributors may have ...
>
>
I have but one word to respond to this:

parodox..

..later...and i still be me...

(it is still a question of faith isn't it...)