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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jonkc@att.net href="mailto:jonkc@att.net">John K Clark</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] The
omniscience of God and the free will of Man</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>>Is it
possible to have a universe sporting free-will and a God? </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>I don’t think
God exists but at least I know what people mean when they use the word, but I
have no idea what people mean when they talk about “free will”, an idea so bad
it’s not even wrong.</FONT><o:p><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></o:p></P>
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face=Tahoma></FONT> </P><FONT face=Tahoma>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>And which God would that
be?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Personally I prefer Odin, although
Freya has interesting qualities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Or are you talking about the Jewish
pantheon?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dirk</DIV>
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