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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: BuddyThunder
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:05
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 18, 3:50 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 18, 12:33 am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 17, 1:08 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>> On Jul 17, 4:11 am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 15, 6:39�am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 10:38 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So are you admitting that you have sins? �This would be a first for an
>>>>>>>>>>>>> atheist. �All other atheists tell me that they do not have sins
>>>>>>>>>>>>> because whatever they do is not sin.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have what YOU call sins. They aren't, because the concept is
>>>>>>>>>>>> meaningless. In absolute terms.
>>>>>>>>>>> Right. �Atheist Josef Stalin said the same thing when he killed 12
>>>>>>>>>>> million people.
>>>>>>>>>> As opposed to Adolf Hitler ("I am now as before a Catholic and will
>>>>>>>>>> always remain so." - quoted in John Towland's biog).
>>>>>>>>>> Not to mention several Popes, who were happy to ordain the
>>>>>>>>>> indiscriminate massacres of Moslems in the name of the Cross.
>>>>>>>>>> Not to mention the Christian fundamentalist GWB (and his father), who
>>>>>>>>>> seems happy to go to war against the people of any Moslem country that
>>>>>>>>>> has the audacity not to kow-tow to his government's wishes.
>>>>>>>>>> There is no point in claiming that atheism breeds immorality, or that
>>>>>>>>>> Christianity is the cure, because there are so many counter-examples in
>>>>>>>>>> both cases that the only conclusion any sensible person can draw is that
>>>>>>>>>> some people are good, some people are bad, and anyone can be drawn to or
>>>>>>>>>> away from religion.
>>>>>>>>>> TLA
>>>>>>>>> So was this John Towland an atheist?
>>>>>>>> I have no idea, and it's not relevant anyway. He just wrote a biog of
>>>>>>>> Hitler.
>>>>>>>>> Anyway, Hitler was a politician saying what would make him popular
>>>>>>>>> with the German people.  His actions in his life show that he did not
>>>>>>>>> believe he would be punished for sins, much like atheists of today.
>>>>>>>> ...and any psychopath with temporal lobe epilepsy or schizophrenia who
>>>>>>>> believes that massacring groups or whole races is OK, because they've
>>>>>>>> God on their side. However, the point that you're trying to dodge, and
>>>>>>>> failing, is that as much evil is done in the name of religion, in this
>>>>>>>> case Christian religion, as is done by those with none - probably more.
>>>>>>>> If you don't find that an uncomfortable truth, you need to recalibrate
>>>>>>>> your humanity.
>>>>>>>> TLA- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>> Well, I don't really see much evidence of it.  Stalin and Pol Pot were
>>>>>>> both atheists.  But politicians who killed large numbers of people
>>>>>>> cannot compare with the numbers of people killed by abortion, which
>>>>>>> was done by governments controlled by atheistic political factions.
>>>>>> Your vitriol against atheists is kinda cute in a psycho sort of way.
>>>>>> Where do I sign up for the genocides? I need to do my atheistic duty. Is
>>>>>> it the same place Mormons get their brains removed?- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>> All you have to do is vote for your pro-abortion politicians.  That
>>>>> makes it pretty easy for homicidal people of today, doesn't it?
>>>>> However, my observation is that the blood of unborn children is not
>>>>> going to satisfy homicidal people forever.  Eventually, they are going
>>>>> to demand a more active role in homicide.
>>>> Yeah, we'll start coming after the religious nuts! Woohoo!! *slaver*
>>>> *drooooool*- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> The prophecy is that almost all people will be at war in the last
>>> days.
>> Well, you go and have a war if you want, but I don't fancy it at all.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> 
> According to the prophecy, the only people who will not be at war will
> be followers of Jesus Christ.

I don't believe that. Why should I?
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