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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:51
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On Jul 18, 5:18�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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> news:5b662486-64a5-475b-893e-61be952ea62a@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 18, 12:29?am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
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> > Smiler wrote:
> > > "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
> > >news:ad020ec9-a457-4dae-818d-182301ce08ba@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > > On Jul 16, 12:01 am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > >> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>> On Jul 14, 11:29 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>>>> On Jul 14, 8:01?am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> > >>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Only an atheist would want all choices made for
> > >>>>>>> them.
> > >>>>>> Now there was me thinking that that was the mark of a worshipper.
> > >>>>>> It
> > >>>>>> seems to me that atheists make their own choices, because they
> > >>>>>> don't
> > >>>>>> have decisions ready-dictated to them.
> > >>>>> So you think it is a mistake to decide ahead of time not to commit
> > >>>>> murder, not to steal, to attend church, not to commit adultery, etc.
> > >>>> Why would you be so morally deficient so as to need to perform
> > >>>> morning
> > >>>> affirmations in order not to kill people?
> > >>>> My moral decisions are made as the occasion demands it. Seems to work
> > >>>> okay.
> > >>> So are you saying that for each person you encounter, you make a
> > >>> decision to kill or not to kill?
> > >>> Robert B. Winn
> > >> No, I'm saying exactly the opposite. I need not make that decision at
> > >> all, because I'm not filled with murderous rage.
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> > >> As moral decisions need to be made, I make them according to my own
> > >> values.- Hide quoted text -
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> > > So you would only decide to kill someone if you were filled with
> > > murderous rage. ?A lot of serial killers seem to be the same way.
> > > ====================================
> > > Most of whom are 'beleivers' in one god or another.
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> > We've got one on trial over here at the moment. He shot a guy, then
> > tried to decapitate two women with a katana. Apparently God told him to
> > do it. Hopefully the jury disagrees.- Hide quoted text -
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> Almost every murderer today says that because they know the atheistic
> court system will reward them for saying it.
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> Why would an "atheistic court system" reward someone who claimed to believe
> in gods, skippy?
>

Lawyers reward anyone who adds to their power and financial security.
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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