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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jamey who wrote (643)	9/3/2000 8:02:07 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 28931

I think I am lucky. I think it would be supremely arrogant of me to be grateful (to chance?) as if being who I am were my due. It is a bon chance. And other people suffer from bad luck. I don't happen to believe it is the fault of someone that they are born poor, or into a severe trouble spot, just as it is not owing to anything in particular that I have such a super life. But I'm careful with my life too. I'm not about to throw it away like the silly hare. I suspect it's the only one I'll get in this most pleasant form, and I intend to keep it for awhile.

To: Jamey who wrote (643)	9/3/2000 1:24:33 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

Who are you able to direct your gratitude too? Are you greatful to God or do you just think that YOU deserved such things when others do not. That's an interesting position. What (or whom) are all the unfortunate people supposed to praise for their situations? Is it because they aren't white Christians that they aren't fortunate? Or should they blame your God for their plight and His capriciousness. This kind of religious hegemony is the basis of wars and many misadventures for those who aren't Christian. Christian excesses in the New World were based precisely upon the view that it was our duty to rob the locals of their livelihood and treasures because they were praying to the wrong God.