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Subject: Re: correction

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Rev. William Moore

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Date Posted: 17:34:07 08/10/03 Sun
In reply to: Bryan Reed 's message, "Re: correction" on 08:37:30 08/10/03 Sun

>Just as time and infinite possibility making all
>things an eventual reality collected our cells into
>the form we are now in, it's very possible that
>different forms of energy have collected into some
>sort of consciousness, possibly a consciousness that
>our life energy will one day become a part of or
>simply be ruled and or governed by when one day our
>material selves wear out.

Well, what substains our soul? What is it made out of? Where does it go? etc. It's questions like that I would desire to know and understand because I just start believing. I think people dream up souls, god, heaven, etc. because they're terrified of their own mortality.

>Have you ever thought about the possibility that God
>is incapable of getting involved in this world beyond
>imprinting the idea of himself into persons living. He
>could be a body of energy that rules only the after
>life but in a way, through his ability to imprint the
>idea of him into man's conscious then perhaps he rules
>the earth as well.

That doesn't should too all power to me. So he enslaves our consciousness postmortem? Lovely.

>Then there is this, what reason would a person watch
>someone without interfering or letting the person
>watched know they were being watched?

...kinda like a hole in the girls shower room wall?

>A child and a cookie jar, you tell the child he can't
>have a cookie then you hide and watch to see if the
>child was doing as you instructed simply because you
>were watching them, or does the child respect your
>authrity enough to not steal a cookie even though you
>aren't there.

Let's say you're getting brutally mugged and beat down in a back alley, and the cops *are* watching, but refuse to intervene. Should they still have the badge? That's how I look at it.

>How many people would be good little angels as long as
>they knew God was watching while in their hearts they
>were wicked little devils just doing what was right to
>be a suck up and not because they were truly good of
>heart.

What about good hearted atheists who are sencere in their empathy and benevolence yet don't believe in gods?

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: correction	Rev. William Moore	17:38:55 08/10/03 Sun
Re: correction -- Rev. William Moore, 18:11:45 08/10/03 Sun
Another correction	Rev. William Moore	18:24:58 08/10/03 Sun