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From: "Raja Guha" <raja@carroll.com>
Subject: Re: God is supposed to be kind and gentle, etc.  So he/she/it wouldn't mind
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Jayaram Ramanathan <bv765@torfree.net> wrote in article
<DwJxFA.M1B.0.queen@torfree.net>...
> 
> God is supposed to be kind and gentle, etc.  So he/she/it wouldn't mind
> if we didn't worship it/him/her, and would keep giving us unconditional 
> love.  But it's the devil/satan that we need to worry about.  She/he/it 
> might get mighty upset if we didn't worship him/her/it, being the evil 
> entity it/she/he is.  Ergo: We all need to become devil/satan
worshippers.
> 
> Waiting for someone to poke a hole into this airtight argument.

Dear Jayaram:

You presume ! 
You presume worship originates soley out of fear of the powerful.

Who do you really respect and love, your mother or your boss?


Raja
