From: brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615)
Subject: Re: 14 Apr 93 God's Promise in 1 John 1: 7
Organization: Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, Tucson AZ.
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I had said:

> Merlyn, you missed the point too.  Christianity is a relationship.  I have
> a relationship with my God.  I <<know>> Him.  
>
> Consider your mother Merlyn.  You know your mother.  What would you think
> of me if I asserted that your mother is 9 feet tall, murdered your father,
> and sexually abused you when you were a kid?   Would you, who knows your
> mother well, think was a blind arrogant idiot to proclaim such things?

Merlyn LeRoy says:
 
>This analogy is not good; for example, there are plenty of people who
>"know" god as well as you do, but don't agree on things like:
>
>1) how many children he/she has
>2) whether he/she approves of polygamy
>3) whether Mohammed was one of his/her prophets
>
>Now, if you AND all these other people who ABSOLUTELY KNOW what god is
>like can't agree on basic attributes like these, at least one of you
>who "knows" what this god-thing is like must be wrong; therefore,
>subjective certainty is worthless regarding knowledge of this god.
>
>On the other hand, I don't know any large groups of people who claim
>absolute knowledge of my mother and who disagree about her basic
>attributes.  This is the difference between real people and imaginary friends.

Meryln, therefore by your logic, since your people disagree about
the characteristics of your mother, you mother must be imaginary.
