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   From: being@....   
      
   David Dalton  wrote:   
      
   >ALL, known as The All or The Source by many Wiccans,   
   >is my top-ranked deity.   
   >   
   >Do you agree that ALL is all-powerful but that   
   >ALL is not perfect, and ALL is not perfectly good?   
      
   Yes and no.   
      
   I could agree that all the power there is,   
   could be said to reside within Everything.   
      
   Everything, as a whole,   
   could be thought of as a thing.   
      
   Whether or not such a thing exists,   
   outside of the thought of it,   
   to me, is a funny thing.   
      
   As far as perfection goes,   
   I can and have seen how Everything,   
   everything, all things, the Universe, etc.,   
   is and are perfect.   
      
   When, as a puzzle, everything fits   
   together, so as to form a picture,   
   in that sense, it can be all perfect.   
      
   But, from among my Taoist views,   
   perfection and imperfection arise mutually.   
      
   To know something, or everything, is perfect   
   requires there be some imperfection.   
   This then turns into a paradox.   
      
   That, within which both perfect and imperfect,   
   or any two complimentary dualistic aspects,   
   are found, That thing, is neither nor, or   
   both and, if it is called a thing. One may   
   simply call it, That.   
      
   I could agree with what you said.   
      
   Would you like for me to?   
      
   I can agree or disagree   
   with a great many things.   
   Mostly just for fun.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)