On 01-11-98 Frank Masingill wrote to Richard Meic... 
 
        Hello Frank, 
  
 FM> RM> I have a question for you.  What are people so afraid of that 
 FM> RM> they so desperately :*NEED*: a god? 
   
 FM>    I have a question for YOU.  Why do you assume that the experience 
 FM> of 
 FM> divinity arose out of fear (angst) in the "desperate" sense?  Do we 
 
  Good question. 
 
 FM> Moreover, I see no reason from our experience in the present that 
 FM> ANYBODY ever 
 FM> needs "a god."  If any individuals experienced divinity it would not 
 
  I think his word "people" meant -not individuals- but rather 
a generic statements about a group and yes group statements 
are often limited to their extension to individuals. 
  Do you know -any- group of individuals, society, that didn't 
have a "god?" 
  If the presumption is correct (society doesn't -need- a "god"), 
we would expect to see at least -one- society, group of individuals, 
that didn't have a "god." 
 
Take care, 
John 
 
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