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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Masked Avenger
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:58
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Aug 1, 5:16�pm, Matthew Johnson <matthew_mem...@newsguy.org> wrote:
>> In article <cca0c2fa-98aa-446b-b2fc-0c027ef0d...@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
>> rbwinn says...
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> How do you 'KNOW' that ? There are plenty of Christians who baptize
>>>> their babies ..... are you saying they won't get into heaven ? What
>>>> 'special' knowledge do you possess that they don't ?
>>>> --
>>> Modern revelation.
>>> Robert B. Winn
>> And this, of course, is where Winn demonstrates a thoroughly broken,
>> unscientific epistemology.
>>
>> To demonstrate how broken it is, how thoroughly useless both for science and
>> theology, one only has to consider: what answer can he have is someone else pops
>> up and claims to have a "modern revelation" that infant baptism is not only
>> good, but a commandment from God?
>>
>> All he can do is complain that this other person is not following revelation
>> from God after all. But wait! Why should we not say the very same about Winn?
>> Who is really going to win this contest?
>>
>> That is yet another reason why none of his crossposts belong in sci.physics. He
>> should have posted to alt.atheism only, and amused himself by watching the
>> rattled cages there.
> 
> Well, I was discussing Einstein's theory of relativity until these
> people came by.  They are exactly like scientists in that respect.
> They do not want to discuss the Galilean transformation equations.  I
> believe that the fastest way to get the subject back to relativity is
> to answer all of their questions.
> Robert B. Winn

You're very good at evading the questions aren't you ...... I haven't 
seen someone so slippery in ages ...... do you EVER actually answer the 
question ? ..... or just continue to duck and weave ....... I wonder why 
it is only ever the Theists who refuse to give straight answers 
......... and see nothing wrong with it .....

-- 
MA ....Yoiks .... and away .....

Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity 
............. and I'm not sure about the Universe ..........
  - A. Einstein

Does Schrödinger's cat have 18 half lives ?
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