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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Smiler
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:40
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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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On Jul 23, 12:56?pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Alex W. wrote:
> > "BuddyThunder" <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
> >news:48864044$1@clear.net.nz...
>
> >> There is no sin. It's a silly idea that you haven't been able to back 
> >> up
> >> at all. I just believe that people should be free to go about their 
> >> lives
> >> free of inexplicable religious bigotry. If you don't think you fall 
> >> into
> >> that category, then explain yourself. Otherwise worry about your own
> >> failings before the perceived ones of others.
>
> > Sorry, mate, you're wrong on this one.
> > There is sin.
> > Sin is an infraction of the moral code; it is a social construct.
>
> I disagree. Some people would see me as sinful, I would just go with
> immoral when I fall short of my own values.

Well, what about your fellow atheist Stalin?  Did Stalin commit sin
when he killed 12 million people, or was he just born that way?
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Well, what about your fellow christian, Torquemada?  Did Torquemada commit 
sin
when he tortured, killed or forcibly converted 1 million people, or was he 
just born that way?

Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279 
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