From: tsmith@cs.stanford.edu (Todd Michael Smith)
Subject: God-shaped hole (was Re: "Accepting Jeesus in your heart...")
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
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In article <Apr.14.03.07.38.1993.5420@athos.rutgers.edu>, johnsd2@rpi.edu (Dan Johnson) writes:

|> >Those who have an empty spot in the God-shaped hole in their hearts must 
|> >do something to ease the pain.
|> 
|> I have heard this claim quite a few times. Does anybody here know
|> who first came up with the "God-shaped hole" business?
|> 

Was it Pascal, or maybe Descartes, who first used this figure of speech? 
I seem to have some vague recollections from reading some of their essays,
but I certainly couldn't say it was one of them for sure.

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Todd Smith
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