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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Steve O
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:49
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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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> On Aug 4, 10:33�pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)"
> <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> On Aug 5, 8:48 am, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
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>> > On Aug 3, 10:42 pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)"
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>> > <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> > > On Aug 2, 11:44 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
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>> > > > On Aug 1, 7:51 pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:> 
>> > > > rbwinn wrote:
>> > > > > > On Aug 1, 7:34 am, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote:
>> > > > > >> rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
>> > > > > >>> What makes a book fiction or non-fiction is the intent of the 
>> > > > > >>> author or
>> > > > > >>> authors. A fiction book is an account of imaginary events.
>> > > > > >> Exactly so, and THAT is why the Bible is fiction. I'm glad you
>> > > > > >> understand that, you may be making progress.
>>
>> > > > > > The proclamation of an atheist has no real power. It does not 
>> > > > > > change
>> > > > > > reality.
>>
>> > > > > And the proclamation of a religious nutter such as yourself has 
>> > > > > even
>> > > > > less power. It doesn't even acknowledge reality.
>>
>> > > > So why was I the one who acknowledged that Hezekiah's tunnel exists
>> > > > while atheists tried to claim that tour guides in Jerusalem were
>> > > > taking tourists through solid rock?
>> > > > Robert B. Winn
>>
>> > > This is another of your more persistent lies. No-one said at any
>> > > stage that there is no tunnel.
>>
>> > > Al- Hide quoted text -
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>> > You continue to say that the Bible is nothing but mythology. �If you
>> > say that the Bible is nothing but mythology, you are saying that the
>> > tunnel is mythology because the Bible describes the construction of
>> > Hezekiah's tunnel in three different books of the Old Testament.
>> > Robert B. Winn
>>
>> No. �You continue to not see the point. �It is quite disturbing.
>> Greek mythology mentions Mount Olympus and Athens, both of which exist
>> today. �This does not mean that Athens is mythological.
>> Surely you can't be THAT stupid.
>>
> I am not so stupid as to believe that an atheist would ever do
> anything but deny that Hezekiah's tunnel exists.  If you tell me that
> you believe the tunnel exists, all you are doing is saying that you
> would tell the next person it does not exist.  That is how you do
> things.   Since that is the way you are, I just keep it simple by
> saying that you continue to deny the existence of the tunnel.  Denying
> the veracity of anything in the Bible is more important to you than
> the existence of the tunnel.   As long as it remains that way, you do
> not admit that the tunnel exists.  All you are doing is just putting
> words together in an attempt to deceive.
> Robert B. Winn

Would it make you happy if an atheist walked through the tunnel?
For f**ks sake, I'd be willing to pay out to visit the bloody place and walk 
through it just to shut you up.

-- 
Steve O
a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
B.A.A.W.A.
Convicted by Earthquack
Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence


 
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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