[Vision2020] Hymn to the Intelligent Designer

[Tony]

Ralph,  please!  My question, now asked for the third time, was clear:  What 
is YOUR personal conclusion as to the existence or nonexistence of an 
overarching intelligence?

Still later,   -T
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Nielsen" <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
To: "Tony" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Hymn to the Intelligent Designer


> Tony, are you trying to say that you view the Bible as consistent or 
> compassionate?
> Ralph
>
> On Jan 28, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Tony wrote:
>
>> No Ralph, I quite understand that you don't view the Bible as  consistent 
>> or compassionate.  What I was attempting (for the second  time) was to 
>> determine what YOUR personal conclusion is as to the  existence or 
>> nonexistence of an overarching intelligence.
>>
>> Later,  -T
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Nielsen"  <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
>> To: "Tony" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
>> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hymn to the Intelligent Designer by Monty 
>> Python
>>
>>
>>> Tony,
>>>
>>> Is God a mean S.O.B.? Not according to himself. By the end of the 
>>> sixth day of creation "God saw everything that he had made, and  indeed, 
>>> it was very good" (Genesis 1:31a).
>>>
>>> However, later in the Bible God does admit that he is a S.O.B. "I   form 
>>> light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe--I the   LORD do 
>>> all these things" (Isaiah 45:7). The Jewish Study Bible  says that here 
>>> the word "woe" is the same as "evil." p. 875.
>>>
>>> So try to have a pleasant Sabbath, Tony. It will soon be over--at 
>>> sundown.
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
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