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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

#12458
From: BuddyThunder
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:20
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 18, 5:18�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>
>> 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.
>>>>> 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.
>> =================================
>>
>> 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.

You've got a whole "reward" thing going on at the moment, why is that?
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