How to get to heaven?

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A small part of what Jeff Epler earlier wrote:

> > Of course, if Michael writes his instructions and Lenny finds a problem

> > with them, what does it prove?  

> 

On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 08:47:08AM -0400, Lenny Santee wrote:

> It proves that regardless (irregardless :) ) of what is written there are

> those who will not understand.  The reasons are as varied as the people

> involved.  Such is the nature of communication.  We are still dealing with

> humans. It makes little difference if God wrote the document or a mere man

> (in regard to understanding), some people are not going to understand what

> is written.   

> 

> <snip> 

  ^^^^^^ Indeed.

Do you intend to just ignore the actual argument I gave to support my
point and say "no it isn't"?  I recall that I mentioned that any manual
or instruction can be corrected when an author knows that it has been
misunderstood, and that God would necessarily (by your definition) know
what portions were apt to be misinterpreted.  Even the worst author can
correct the problem by saying "I do not mean M" where M was the
misinterpreted idea some readers had formerly gotten, but a good writer
(and presumably God is a good writer) could do better and rephrase
things in a better way.

Will you address what I argued, or just say "no it isn't"?  Will you
explain why God can't write any better than men, when he is supposed to
be all-powerful?

Jeff
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