>Well, then I guess I've been dealt a bum hand. But that's
>what I was born with, and though it isn't much, I yam what I
>yam and I'm sticking with it.
>
>If I were God, I would have given us something better than
>human rationality (like, maybe, whatever God has).

lol... that was funny.

however, is it really rational to give a human characteristic to GOD? I mean, it's GOD... I believe God rests eternally outside the universe, so there is no rationalizing Him while we are finite, because we cannot comprehend something that is eternal. We can, however, comprehend something that is everlasting.

>Oh man, that's just screwy. Wouldn't it be simpler (and
>less painful) just to put all of us in Heaven to begin with?

This would do away with morality and free will.

> (And please don't tell me we can simply blame this on Eve
>eating an apple.) And along the same lines, should we stop
>trying to alleviate poverty, because to do so might delay
>billions of souls from reaching Heaven that much faster?

no. morality doesn't exist without heaven or hell, IMO. otherwise it is useless.

>For that matter, going back to the question about blowing up
>the world, wouldn't that just speed up the process for all
>of us (i.e. getting to Heaven) anyway? So why work to
>improve anything?

because there is a heaven and hell.

>I wasn't even going to spend more time on this post, because
>we both know that neither of us are going to change each
>other's minds. But this just doesn't make sense - again,
>chalk it up to my "human rationality" - I couldn't let this
>one go.

i dig your humor. hope i communicate rationally. peace,