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To: Edwarda who wrote (40259)	6/13/1999
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>>>>Omniscience is not such a weird idea if--as Christopher was suggesting--one thinks of a being to whom time is not a continuum but one totality, to whom all of time is now.<<<<< Haven't had time to keep up with the thread (does anyone anymore?) but, as for this post, "Yes, of course!" From my perception, and I admit that because I am human, I see things from a narrow, human perspective, eternity must be boring. Pain that is being experienced is agony, but once the experience is done, it is forgotten - the worst aspects of existence can be perceived as mere grist for the mill of human experience, and of divine experience. I do not believe that God wants us to suffer, but how better to become empathetic than to suffer? And what better way to improve mankind than for humans to become empathetic?

To: Edwarda who wrote (40259)	6/13/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Hi Edwarda, You have some ideas that are similar to my own about God. About time and so on. On the subject of intervention you said.... I do have some difficulties with the citations of interventions. They may have occurred and may still occur, but on this issue I have to be the doubting Thomas. I personally believe that God does intervene in the affairs of men. It happens a lot. I believe that their are realms not seen. Dimensions of our existence that we don't see and therefore are very difficult to quantify. They cannot be measured or proven by conventional means. Their are certain forces at work in those realms. One force is the force of faith. Faith is a very powerful force. Faith allows for the use of unseen power to accomplish things. It is a direct line to God and God's power. Tapping into that brings the ability to do things that cannot be done by ordinary means. SR

To: Edwarda who wrote (40259)	6/13/1999 4:48:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. Charles Plumb, a US Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience. One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!" "How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb. "I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today." Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept pondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform - a Dixie cup hat, a bib in the back, and bell bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said good morning, how are you or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor." Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know. Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory- he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to prepare ourselves to weather whatever storms lie ahead. As you go through this week, this month, this year...recognize the people who pack your parachute! And Thank You for packing mine, I am forever grateful! --- "The smallest deed always exceeds the grandest of intentions" Source: unknown