if there is no personal God, then the concept of beauty dissolves into personal idiosyncrasy. That is, unless beauty is rooted in God's mind rather than your mind, every time you say, 'That is beautiful,' all you really mean is, 'I like that.' Unless there is a God, your praise of beauty can be no more than expressions of your own personal preferences. But I think there is in every one of you a dissatisfaction with the notion that your judgments about beauty have no more validity than your preference for coffee over tea. And I think your dissatisfaction with pure subjectivism and relativism is a remnant of God's image in your soul and evidence of his reality. It is an echo, however faint, of a voice that once called you into being.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Dessert	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Graham crackers
		Apple butter
		Cool Whip

INSTRUCTIONS

From:    Julie Sterchi <sterchi@WABASH.NET>
Date:    Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:12:31 -0700
When Diane wrote about my Butter Pecan Crunch reminding her of refrigerator
cake (layers of graham crackers and pudding), that reminded me of Apple
Butter Torte. No one can figure out exactly what this is when they taste
it, but they love it anyway.
Place two whole graham crackers side by side on a plate (long sides
together).  Spread with a thin layer of apple butter.  Top with two more
graham crackers.  Spread with another thin layer of apple butter.  Continue
until you have a stack about 4" high, finishing with graham crackers.
"Frost" with Cool Whip on all sides (except the bottom, of course! (g) ).
Refrigerate overnight. Slice from one short end. This is beautiful and
tasty!
EAT-L Digest 22 August 96
From the EAT-L recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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