Subj : Re: "Hams to the Rescue After Katrina" MSNBC News Article
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.dx,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy
From : Matt Osborn
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 11:15:58

From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:10:24 GMT, "K+HB" <groupk0hb@earthlink.net>
wrote:

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><Matt Osborn> wrote
>
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>> By definition, anyone who has a system of beliefs cannot consider
>> himself to be an atheist.
>>
>
>"Everyone has to believe in something."
>
>I guess I'll believe in Bokonon.
>
>In Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., created a new religion, Bokononism. The 
>holy scripture of Bokononism was "Books of Bokonon", written by a spurious holy 
>man named Bokonon as a way to distract the people of San Lorenzo from their 
>pitiful lives.
>
>What is sacred to Bokononists? Not god; just one thing: man.
>
>Here, to set the tone, are the opening verses of Book One of Bokonon
>
>Verse 1: All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies.
>
>Verses 2-4: In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in 
>His cosmic loneliness.
>
>And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what 
>We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one 
>was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close as mud as man sat up, 
>looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he 
>asked politely.
>
>"Everything must have a purpose?" asked God.
>
>"Certainly," said man.
>
>"Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God.
>
>And He went away
>

If G-d must be all things then he is as constrained as we are.  How
would He express himself if not through his creations?

Most artists have remarked upon the discoveries they have made via
their creations.  I can see no reason why G-d would be any different.



-- msosborn at msosborn dot com

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