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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   Matthew Collett wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Bill Baldwin  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I understand your point, but I don't entirely agree. To a certain   
   >> extent this hinges on the difference between worshiping the true God   
   >> falsely and worshiping a false God. Do you agree that there is a   
   >> point where the situation stops being the former and starts being the   
   >> latter?   
   >   
   > I consider the notion of a false transcendent God (as opposed to a false   
   > immanent god) to be incoherent.  There is by metaphysical necessity only   
   > one such being, and no conceptual space for even the idea of a 'false'   
   > one to be meaningful.  All who worship a transcendent God necessarily   
   > worship the same one, no matter how divergent their views on his nature,   
   > actions and desires.   
      
   But Jews, Christians, and Moslems all worship a God Who is both   
   transcendant and immanent.   
      
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