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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42
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On Jul 30, 3:32�am, Stan-O <bndsna...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:48:05 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com>
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> >> >>>>>>> So what is the matter? ?Stalin and Pol Pot were atheists. ?They will
> >> >>>>>>> never turn into Christians no matter how many times you try to claim
> >> >>>>>>> they were.
> >> >>>>>>> Don't you atheists ever take responsibility for anything?
> >> >>>>>> Because what they did is irrelevant to me? ?Now, back onto the question
> >> >>>>>> you are REFUSING to answer:
> >> >>>>>> What has what Stalin tried to do ("tried to stamp out religion in the
> >> >>>>>> Soviet Union") relevant to atheism?
> >> >>>>> Stalin was an atheist. ?His values and beliefs were much like yours
> >> >>>>> are today.
> >> >>>>> Robert B. Winn
> >> >>>> Torquemada was a christian. ?His values and beliefs were much like
> >> >>>> yours are today. ?And you're doing your best to make us all see the
> >> >>>> point of shooting christians. ?You really are.
> >> >>>> Al- Hide quoted text -
> >> >>> Well, let's talk about those feelings, Al. ?Pol Pot was just an
> >> >>> unassuming atheistic school teacher until he became a Communist
> >> >>> dictator.
> >> >> So, really, aren't you talking about communism and totalitarianism?
> >> >> What does atheism have to do with it?
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> >> > Under World Communism one of the pre-requisites for being a dictator
> >> > was being an atheist.
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> >> Why?
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> >Because Karl Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people.
> >Religious people were not allowed to be Communist dictators.
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> ...and to think that Marx himself was Jewish...- Hide quoted text -
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Marx said that he was an atheist.  How is it that now that Communism
has failed, all of these Communist icons are suddenly religious men?
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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