Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!holt From: holt@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: O My God: The Police - (nf) Message-ID: <45700015@convex.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 16:56:00 EDT Article-I.D.: convex.45700015 Posted: Fri Aug 3 16:56:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 23:46:29 EDT References: <243@siemens.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:siemens:-24300:convex:45700015:000:435 Nf-From: convex!holt Aug 3 15:56:00 1984 #R:siemens:-24300:convex:45700015:000:435 convex!holt Aug 3 15:56:00 1984 To me the song seems to paraphrase the eternally ignored (by the devout) question: If God is ALL POWERFULL, why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? ie, if He is all powerfull, He should be able to undo any effort of the devil and make life a bowl of cherries. Maybe he just enjoys watching us suffer... a humanist? OH NO! Dave Holt Convex Computer Corp. {allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!convex!holt