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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: BuddyThunder
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:19
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 18, 12:29�am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>> As moral decisions need to be made, I make them according to my own
>>>> values.- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> 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.
>> 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 -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> 
> Almost every murderer today says that because they know the atheistic
> court system will reward them for saying it.

His delusions aren't that different from many religious people's. Maybe 
he was just a bit twitchier than your average Christian?
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