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No, I mean given my assumptions about good and evil, I'm logically required to believe that God is a personal entity. For what it's worth, it's not just about giving comfort, like nezmot suggests. I believe that the evil in this world would be a great injustice if there were not a personal God to bring good out of it. I've never been able to explain myself on this point very clearly, I'm afraid.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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