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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary Samuelson)
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Subject: Re: Gender of God -- More or less than a person?
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Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 17:29:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 16 17:29:04 1984
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Rich Rosen remarks:
	I thought god was "depersonalized".

AHA!  If I thought that, I wouldn't be interested in God, either.
The term "depersonalized" suggests something less than a person.
Perhaps a better term would be "superpersonalized."

If you think that humanity is the best (or most intelligent, or
most powerful, or most whatever) that there is, then it follows
that anything (God included) would be less than human.

But if you think that humanity is imperfect, and that there is
therefore the possibility that something better exists, then
something (such as God) could be more than human.

God has feelings, too.

Gary Samuelson
bunker!garys		"What is UNDER the brick?"