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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:03
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On Jul 21, 5:44 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 6:40�pm, Stan-O <bndsna...@aol.com> wrote:
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> > On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:10:15 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com>
> > wrote:
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> > >> >> >> >> Why would an "atheistic court system" reward someone who claimed to believe
> > >> >> >> >> in gods, skippy?
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> > >> >> >> > Lawyers reward anyone who adds to their power and financial security.
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> > >> >> >> You've got a whole "reward" thing going on at the moment, why is that?- Hide quoted text -
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> > >> >> >I do not have anything going at the present time. ?Lawyers were the
> > >> >> >people who started "plea bargaining" and did away with the right to
> > >> >> >trial by jury.
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> > >> >> That's odd, because my boss was just on a jury trial last month. I
> > >> >> guess that makes you a liar again, doesn't it?- Hide quoted text -
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> > >> >No, it does not. ?The right to trial by jury no longer exists. ?
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> > >> <snip>
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> > >> The rest of your psychobabble wasn't even worth reading, particularly
> > >> when you start with such an idiotic comment.
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> > >> I guess that old saying is right - A person who acts as their own
> > >> lawyer has an idiot for a client..
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> > >Well, you Europeans love lawyers. �I would never hire one under any
> > >circumstances.
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> > What in tarnation ever gave you the idea that I am from Europe!?!?- Hide quoted text -
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> All atheists have European values.  The difference between European
> values and American values is that Europeans believe that people exist
> to serve governments.  Americans believe that governments exist to
> serve people.
> Robert B. Winn

What an enormous load of bollocks.  The idea of the rights of the
individual (in western society) came from centuries of slow painful
progress by Europeans.

Al
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From: "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)" <alwhipp@optusnet.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:03:49 -0700 (PDT)
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