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<>From: ez023826@chip.ucdavis.edu (    !!Norm!!)
<>Subject: In the Beginning...
<>Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 01:51:34 GMT


And after God had created the earth and all the things that
were in it, God created man and woman.  They followed her
command and were fruitful and multiplied.

Then God looked down upon the human race and sought out
four strong humans: tall, lean, well-muscled, but not too bright.  
These four God called "the engine room".

God looked further and found two strong humans with focus and
a well-developed sense of balance.  These two God called "the
bow pair".

God sought a human who was steely-eyed, determined, a
competitor who would never say "die".  This human God called
"the stroke".

One more human God found.  An individual who had all the
qualities of "the stroke" but one who could also follow and send a
strong rhythm and will to those who in turn followed him.  This
individual God called simply "seven".

Now God faced the biggest challenge.  God must find an
individual who could control and lead these eight exemplary
human beings.  One who was cocky and confident with a loud
voice and dominant bearing.  God found no such human being,
so God came to earth and took on the role of the
coxswain.

And the eight human beings declared that the coxswain had a
"God-complex".