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To: Alan Markoff who wrote (17665)	6/17/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 39621

Alan: As stated earlier, all the world's religions have a different image of god. There is no incontrovertible proof that a Creator exists, yet there is no absolute proof that one does not exist either. Therefore, my official position -- of necessity, unless I fall back on blind faith -- is agnostic. An atheist is just as dogmatic a as a Seventh Day Adventist. It seems reasonable that a Creator (or Creators) could exist, but if he/she/it/they does/do, we have absolutely no real clue as to what the purpose, motivation or ultimate goal of the Creator(s)is. All of the world's major religions claim to speak for god. All have inconsistencies, fallacies, internal flaws, errors and sometimes outright lies. They all exhibit a certain ignorance about the natural world, and the god figure exhibits this ignorance as well. (Which isn't surprising since the literature was written by men who were not nearly as advanced in knowledge as we are today -- at least SOME of us!) I am sorry your IQ is low. Perhaps it just needs a boost. I suggest the use of lecithin as it may help your brain function better. A course on logic and inductive/deductive reasoning may also help. Plus a careful reading of Ayn Rand's "Faith and Force: Destroyers of the Modern World" may open your eyes to realities as you've never seen them before. FT