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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Steve O
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:07
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"DanielSan" <danielsan@speakeasy.net> wrote in message 
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> rbwinn wrote:
>> On Jul 30, 10:15�pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>> On Jul 30, 6:14 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:9dcddedb-bce6-457f-b0c5-d9a6d2bb6bd7@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> On Jul 22, 10:04?am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:8ab589a3-2731-4a92-a41e-d6870a4e6f4b@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>> On Jul 21, 10:08 pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:efa8da13-56b6-4386-bfe5-c571b689a669@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>>>>>> God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
>>>>>>>>>> You have no evidence at all about God.- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>>>>>> Would you like me to send you a copy of the Bible?
>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn
>>>>>>>> You could, but it would be much better if you could provide some
>>>>>>>> evidence
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> God as well.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Steve O
>>>>>>> God sent His Only Begotten Son, Steve. ?If that was not enough for
>>>>>>> you, nothing I could do or say is going to convince you of anything.
>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn
>>>>>> Got any evidence that Jesus was the son of God?
>>>>>> Please don't say, "the Bible" - that isn't evidence of anything at 
>>>>>> all,
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> just an old, old story.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Steve O
>>>>> Well, actually the Bible is evidence of Hezekiah's tunnel. Three
>>>>> different books of the Old Testament describe the construction of
>>>>> Hezekiah's tunnel.
>>>>> ================================
>>>>> Several of the Harry Potter books mention Kings Cross station.
>>>>> Does that make the Harry Potter stories true?
>>>>> Smiler,
>>>> Why don't you spend some more time studying it, Smiler, and decide for
>>>> yourself? �I know that atheists are a little lacking in self-
>>>> confidence, but I think you could decide this question for yourself.
>>> I've studied Hezekiah's Tunnel since you brought it up. �I still fail to
>>> see what its existence has to do with the truthfulness of the Bible.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ******************************************************
>>> * � � � � �DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 � � � � � �*
>>
>> Well, first you would have to make a decision about Hezekiah's
>> tunnel.  Does the tunnel really exist or is it just a hoax the way one
>> atheist claimed?
>
> Which atheist?  Provide a quote.
>
>> Then if you decide it exists, how does that relate
>> to the description of its construction in the Old Testament?  Was the
>> tunnel seen today the tunnel described in the Old Testament, or is it
>> some other tunnel the way atheists continue to say in this newsgroup?
>
> Which atheists?  Provide quotes.
>
>> I know this is difficult, but it really is possible for an atheist to
>> make a decision about this.
>> The verses of the Bible that describe the construction of Hezekiah's
>> tunnel are either true, or they are false.  So far, having said that
>> the Bible is only myth, atheists are not willing to admit that there
>> are verses describing the construction of Hezekiah's tunnel that are
>> obviously true.
>
> How about this mindblower:
>
> Hezekiah's Tunnel exists.  The Bible talks about it.  The Bible is 
> true...on this fact only...but has nothing to do with the truthfulness of 
> the Bible.
>
> Look at every fiction story ever written.  A great majority of them write 
> about the Earth.  An even greater majority talk about humans.
>
> Does that mean that the book itself is now nonfiction since it describe 
> the Earth exactly how we see it today and how humans are?

Dan- you're wasting your time- he really doesn't get it.
He's not even pretending to be that dumb- he actually doesn't get it.
At one time , I suspected that he may simply be a chat-bot but he soon 
proved he isn't, on the grounds that chat-bots are actually capable of 
learning from being corrected.

-- 
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?
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:07:58 +0100
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