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From: ptc@cybvax0.UUCP (Peter Crames)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Why should YOU believe ...
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 16:05:14 EST
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> I would like to know why a lot of people believe in a deity or in the super-
> natural.  Is it because ...
>         [F]  {you fill in this space if you do not see your situation above}
> KEEBLER

Here is why I believe God exists ...

My body, including my brain, is a machine.   A machine can't cause
itself to move (or think, in the case of the brain).  A machine
needs an outside agent to cause it to move.  Since I can't cause 
my own thoughts or actions, my thoughts and actions must be caused
by an outside agent.  That outside agent must be God, who must cause
all thoughts and actions as a result of Her/His First Cause or Big
Bang.  God is a programmer, and the universe is a computer.

If you understand this, re-read this message substituting words
as follows:	my -> your
		I -> you
		God -> I or Me

Peter Crames	...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!ptc