In article <ckmlro$p2c$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, 
richard@microscitech.freeserve.co.uk says...

"Paul Cardinale" <pcardinale@volcanomail.com> wrote in message

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being created).  However you can counter that counter-argument by
asking "Why is God trying to fool us?"

Paul Cardinale

I wouldn't bother asking , they'll have an answer to that an'all.

God's like that, 'he/she/it moves in mysterious ways'

I wish, when anyone questioned an assumption I made, I could simply reply,
'I move in mysterious ways' end of story!

Fantastic get-out clause, only God could have invented it - or a lawyer.

Sigh

you'd have thought Newton might have killed all the speculation, but sadly
not. 400 years later.

I always find it strange when I am told that God deserves praise for 
creating all that is good in the world, but that all that is bad is the 
fault of humans. Sounds a bit like marriage to me ;-)

Gary