XPost: alt.agnosticism, alt.atheism   
   From: rick0.merrill@gmail.com.lessspam   
      
   St. Jackanapes wrote:   
   [one heck of long and rather well-written treatise]   
   ...   
      
      
   > To try and argue that some invisible omnipotent being was bored   
   > and lonely one day, so he created a race of little people to   
   > amuse himself with. Little people created in his image, but   
   > without his powers, that he would visit in forms such as burning   
   > bushes or a finger of lightening, all to instill terror and awe   
   > in his little friends.   
   >   
   > An omnipotent being that was so fucking fickle, mean and   
   > sadistic that he had a perverse love of torturing his favorite   
   > little pals - even the most loyal of them all, by torturing them   
   > and slaying his family and children. This deity even created   
   > another race of little people - or did he? - they worshiped   
   > another god, despite God telling his little pals that there   
   > weren't any other gods. Obviously God created this distinct race   
   > of little people just so his chosen little pals could perform   
   > genocide and be as sick, murderous, sadistic, hateful, and even   
   > baby killers just like their creator and torturer, God.   
   >   
   > Am I the only person on this planet who sees the Universe this   
   > way?   
      
   You are not alone in that.   
      
   But you do sound particularly angry and bitter about the god whom you   
   deny exists yet to whom you attribute such vile intent.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)