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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:27
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On Jul 19, 9:36�pm, Stan-O <bndsna...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:02:59 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com>
> wrote:
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> >> >> > No, a couple of atheists have told me that. ?They said he was a
> >> >> > Russian Orthodox and an alcoholic.
> >> >> > He was an alcoholic.
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> >> >> So, you're making things up again.
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> >> >> Hint: He was not a Christian merely because an atheist claimed he was...
> >> >> Hint #2: ?What school did Stalin go to in 1888?
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> >> >> --
> >> >Stalin went to a Russian Orthodox seminary. ?He rejected what he was
> >> >taught there and became a mass murderer.
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> >> Only partially true. Like I told you before, politicians, and in
> >> particular tyrants, will say anything to gain or remain in power.
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> >Well, Stalin did say he was an atheist. �He told the truth about that.
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> He never openly admitted this. In fact, his religious beliefs were
> pretty vague. What he hated was the concept of god as presented by the
> ROC. He did, however, find a political use for the church when it
> suited his purpose.- Hide quoted text -
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That is quite a statement.  So you are saying that Stalin did not
believe in the Communist Manifesto?
Robert B. Winn
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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