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To: Neocon who wrote (54660)	8/15/2002 9:31:07 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

It is not necessary to believe in a personal God, but it is necessary to believe in an overall Design, grounded in the nature of Being. <<Since I think that the main theme of morality is human dignity...>> I'm having trouble reconciling these two statements. Why is it not enough to believe in the inherent dignity and promise of humanity?

To: Neocon who wrote (54660)	8/15/2002 9:59:29 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It doesn't have to be accident, and you still don't need a God. Evolution, for example, is not accidental- it has intelligence in how it acts- depending on how you want to define intelligence, but it is not God (imo). The internet has intelligence (imo) and is not random, but it is not God. Many systems show intelligence, that I do not call God. The universe might be like that. You don't need to have a being to have a system (imo). Unless you need to call the system God in order to have your life ordered. I think you confuse your need for order and labels, with the needs other people might have, and with the nature of the universe. That is only my opinion. Perhaps that is not what you do. But you need to qualify those global statements (imo) if you do not do that.