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Article #11002Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: hhyapster
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:42
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:42
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On Aug 6, 2:41 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote: > On Aug 5, 7:56 pm, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > > > > > DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote: > > > > William Jennings Bryan claimed to be an expert on the Bible. He was > > > > unable to answer Clarence Darrow's questions about the Bible. > > > > So, it didn't have anything to do with the truthfulness of the Bible > > > itself. It could've just as easily been the Lord of the Rings or > > > Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It could've easily been a frikkin' > > > Mickey Mouse cartoon. > > > > It has nothing to do with the truthfulness of the content. It had to do > > > with the expertise of the witness. > > > Well, perhaps the child does not understand that Bryan was the > > prosecutor of the case, and Darrow the defense lawyer. So Bryan's > > inability to defend the Bible's truthfulness really was to expose the > > book for what it is, a collection of ancient fairy tales and > > superstitions. > > > As Darrow put it so succinctly, "We have the purpose of preventing > > bigots and ignoramuses from controlling the education of the United > > States", a lesson that had to be relearned a few short years ago in a > > Pennsylvania courtroom. > > > The Winn child, here in this newsgroup, clearly hasn't learned that > > lesson yet... > > The reason why I used this example of the Bible being used as evidence > in court, Satan, was because I knew that no atheist would deny that > Clarence Darrow introduced the Bible into evidence in court and cross- > examined William Jennings Bryan about the Bible. > Robert B. Winn So, next time we shall use the Harry Potter book as evidence in court? You must somehow got twisted in your mind or you lied. The bible was a collection of ancient tales, how could it be an evidence in modern court? Of course, unless it was used as a weapon which carried blood or finger print......but then, the content/story would not be used at all. Otherwise, please do inform us how it could be of use as an evidence.
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