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From: merlin@onyx.interactive.net (Niranjan Hira)
Subject: Re: I'm an atheist, thank God!
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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 07:34:33 GMT
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In comp.ai Mike Gill <100525.630@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
: Hi, my question for the group is this:

: 'Is god an atheist, or does she believe in herself?"

"she"?  Somehow neither "he" nor "she" seem to work for me..."shpe" is my
answer to this conundrum.

	Back to your question.  If God exists, can we assume that God is
aware of the fact that shpe exists?  If so, God is not an atheist.  On the
other hand:
	1)  if God doesn't exist, the question seems largely irrelevant
	2)  if God does exist and isn't aware of this... *not pretty*

	Fun question.

	-- Hira
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