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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

#12482
From: Smiler
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:36
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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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On Jul 18, 12:15 am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 17, 12:53 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> rbwinn wrote:
> >>> On Jul 16, 12:48 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>> On Jul 15, 5:24 am, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> >>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Jul 14, 8:27 pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 5:12?pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>>>>news:44f19f98-4d96-4419-a87a-d6bdbd73f31b@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Their idea is that if Hezekiah's tunnel exists, then Harry 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Potter has
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> to be true because the train station in London is mentioned 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> in Harry
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Potter.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Exactly. Since we know therefore that harry potter isn't 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> true, the fact
> >>>>>>>>>>>> of hezekiahs tunnel means the bible is obviously false. Since 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> we have
> >>>>>>>>>>>> true facts referred to in works of complete fiction.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> By your reasoning at least.
> >>>>>>>>>>> Well, you have it exactly as atheists have been telling me it 
> >>>>>>>>>>> is.
> >>>>>>>>>>> Don't ask me what it is supposed to mean.
> >>>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn
> >>>>>>>>>> Here is an example of rbwinn's logic.
> >>>>>>>>>> Sheep are mentioned in the bible
> >>>>>>>>>> Sheep exist today
> >>>>>>>>>> The bible is accurate and there is a God
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> Steve O
> >>>>>>>>> Well, no, Steve O. Here is an example. Atheists were claiming 
> >>>>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>>>> nothing existed on earth today that could prove anything in the
> >>>>>>>>> Bible. So I said, What about Hezekiah's tunnel? These atheists 
> >>>>>>>>> had
> >>>>>>>>> never heard of Hezekiah's tunnel. So after they looked it up, 
> >>>>>>>>> they
> >>>>>>>>> said, The fact that a tunnel exists no more proves the Bible to 
> >>>>>>>>> be
> >>>>>>>>> true than Harry Potter leaving from the train station in London 
> >>>>>>>>> to go
> >>>>>>>>> to wizard's school.
> >>>>>>>> The original assertion remains in force. Hezekiah's Tunnel does 
> >>>>>>>> not
> >>>>>>>> prove anything.
> >>>>>>>>> I really believe that it certainly does prove certain verses in 
> >>>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>>> Old Testament to be true which describe the digging of 
> >>>>>>>>> Hezekiah's
> >>>>>>>>> tunnel. Otherwise, atheists need to explain why there is a 
> >>>>>>>>> tunnel
> >>>>>>>>> exactly where the Bible in three books of the Old Testament says 
> >>>>>>>>> a
> >>>>>>>>> tunnel was dug as a conduit for water.
> >>>>>>>> For the same reason that King's Cross Station exists.
> >>>>>>>> Wow, you REALLY aren't getting the analogy, are you?
> >>>>>>> There is nothing in the Book of 2 Chronicles about the 
> >>>>>>> construction of
> >>>>>>> King's Cross Station.
> >>>>>> Wow, you REALLY aren't getting the analogy, are you?
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>> Well, if you can provide a description of the construction of Kings
> >>>>> Cross station from the time it was built, maybe we could compare it 
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> the Biblical account of the construction of Hezekiah's tunnel.
> >>>> Totally irrelevant to the point. Just to remind you: people make 
> >>>> stuff
> >>>> up about real places then write it down. Like in Harry Potter, like 
> >>>> in
> >>>> the Bible. Why believe it just because it includes a real place?- 
> >>>> Hide
> >>> I don't believe it because it includes a real place. I believe it
> >>> because it is true.
> >> Why have you been unable to demonstrate it's truth to us? We've been
> >> asking for confirming evidence, where is it?- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Well, for instance, I used the example of Hezekiah's tunnel which
> > proves the veracity of certain Old Testament verses which describe the
> > construction of the tunnel. No, say atheists, we do not accept that
> > as evidence of anything. This shows that atheists will say the same
> > thing with regard to any evidence. If they will not accept something
> > that can be seen and even walked through, then it shows that their
> > minds are closed, their opinions are already dictated to them, and any
> > evidence shown to them will receive the same reaction.
>
> Well, it may well be the tunnel mentioned in the OT. Real people and
> places are written about in the Bible, alongside fantastical and
> fanciful supernatural claims. As an atheist, I'm entirely comfortable
> with that.
>
> I do believe SOME of the Bible.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, believing some of the Bible does not constitute faith in Jesus
Christ, which is the first principle of salvation.
====================================
Well, believing some of the Harry Potter story does not constitute faith in 
Harry Potter.

Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279 
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