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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

#11639
From: Steve O
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:44
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"Free Lunch" <lunch@nofreelunch.us> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:41:48 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
> wrote in alt.atheism:
>
>>On Jul 31, 2:44?pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:ba9902aa-45b8-4191-8384-b2aa2bcaf539@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > OnJul30, 10:18 pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>> >> rbwinn wrote:
>>> >> > OnJul30, 6:24 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
>>> >> >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> >> >>news:1117daef-01d1-439c-be90-a8360da6f40e@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>>> >> >> OnJul30, 5:35?am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >> >>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>> >> >>>news:8bbc3225-6ce9-4e20-87bd-be49c41e9cf4@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>> >> >>>> OnJul21, 10:25 pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>> >> >>>>>news:10528fca-9095-4bde-9f41-733e311d17e4@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>> >> >>>>>> OnJul21, 7:45 pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>> OnJul21, 11:47 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>news:ba2de014-f097-439f-9f52-a8b837118ec4@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> OnJul20, 8:47 pm, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) 
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> No, let's just try to avoid contention about it until 
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Christ
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> returns and convinces you.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Good idea. In the meantime, why don't you just shut the 
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> fuck
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> up.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Well, because you do not tell me what to do, Satan.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Uh oh!
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> He's started calling people Satan.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> One of the first signs of a meltdown.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Look, Robbie, why don't you get out while you can?
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Your mental health is at stake here.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> --
>>> >> >>>>>>>> In what way is my mental health at stake?
>>> >> >>>>>>> Replace the word "Satan" with the words "Mickey Mouse" and 
>>> >> >>>>>>> see
>>> >> >>>>>>> how
>>> >> >>>>>>> you
>>> >> >>>>>>> come off sounding.
>>> >> >>>>>> I don't care how it sounds to you. I just do what works. As I
>>> >> >>>>>> understand it, you atheists would rather be called Mickey 
>>> >> >>>>>> Mouse
>>> >> >>>>>> than
>>> >> >>>>>> Satan.
>>> >> >>>>>> Mickey Mousedoesnot fit you very well.
>>> >> >>>>>> Robert B. Winn
>>> >> >>>>> All I am trying to tell you, Robbie, is that you just happen to 
>>> >> >>>>> be
>>> >> >>>>> the
>>> >> >>>>> latest in a long line of Christians with mental health problems 
>>> >> >>>>> who
>>> >> >>>>> have
>>> >> >>>>> come into this newsgroup, firmly entrenched in their delusions,
>>> >> >>>>> only to
>>> >> >>>>> run
>>> >> >>>>> off screaming never to be heard from again.
>>> >> >>>>> It happens to most of them when they are eventually forced to
>>> >> >>>>> examine
>>> >> >>>>> their
>>> >> >>>>> beliefs properly.
>>> >> >>>>> You cannot argue against hard reason.
>>> >> >>>>> Just understand that we've seen and heard all of this before, 
>>> >> >>>>> many
>>> >> >>>>> times
>>> >> >>>>> over, and it is ALWAYS the theist who comes off worst.
>>> >> >>>>> You can actually see the gradual mental deterioration in their
>>> >> >>>>> posts
>>> >> >>>>> over
>>> >> >>>>> time.
>>> >> >>>>> I'm fairly sure that no one here wishes to encourage the mental
>>> >> >>>>> breakdown
>>> >> >>>>> of
>>> >> >>>>> anyone in an already fragile mental state but please understand
>>> >> >>>>> that
>>> >> >>>>> you
>>> >> >>>>> have brought nothing new here, and no matter how wonderful 
>>> >> >>>>> yourGod
>>> >> >>>>> may
>>> >> >>>>> seem
>>> >> >>>>> to you at the moment, we've seen and heard it all before.
>>> >> >>>> So can you tell me the day and the hour when this event is 
>>> >> >>>> supposed
>>> >> >>>> to
>>> >> >>>> happen?
>>> >> >>>> Robertt B. Winn
>>> >> >>> No I can't.
>>> >> >>> Did you think I was psychic or something?
>>> >> >> Well, no. I thought that you were a false Christ.
>>> >> >> ============================
>>> >> >> All Christs are false, even the first one.
>>>
>>> >> > Well, I think that the best person to tell your idea would be Jesus
>>> >> > Christ. Why don't you take some time to tell him what you think 
>>> >> > when
>>> >> > he returns to judge the earth?
>>>
>>> >> Begging the question. This assumes that there even IS a Jesus to
>>> >> return...and it begs the further question about whether he will ever
>>> >> "return".
>>>
>>> >> Tell me. What makes you think that this Jesus guy will "return"?
>>>
>>> >> --
>>> > He said he would return.
>>> > Robert B. Winn
>>>
>>> Within the lifetime of the people around him, according to the bible.
>>> Bit late, isn't he?
>>>
>>> --
>>No, not late at all.
>
> Please name the people He addressed who are alive today.

This is probably where he's going to tell you about The Wandering Jew - 
cursed by Jesus to walk the earth until He returned.
It's amazing - the mental contortions and apologetics these people  put 
themselves through, isn't it?

-- 
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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From: "Steve O" <nospamhere@thanks.com>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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