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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: BuddyThunder
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:32
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 17, 9:06�am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 17, 4:11 am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>> ...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.
>> Yes, and the Crusader Popes, and the Bush family, and Hitler, and
>> several genocidal factions of the Serbo-Croat wars, and the warring
>> factions in Northern Ireland were Christians, mostly (Hitler excepted)
>> killing in by they considered to be their version of God's will. We can
>> both find examples until the cows come home, and each successive example
>> � advances the argument not one jot.
>>
>> I said it before, and it bears repeating - neither Christian nor atheist
>> can claim the moral high ground when it comes to genocide or mass murder
>> or war-making.
>>
>>> 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.
>> You're confusing secular with atheist. You really don't understand what
>> "atheist" means, do you? Or rather, you choose not to make the
>> distinction between atheist, agnostic, satanist, secular, and so on.
>>
>> It's either ignorance, wilful stupidity, or trolling, and the jury's out.
>>
>> TLA
> 
> Atheists are people who believe they are not accountable for their
> actions.  They believe that the only thing that matters is if they get
> away with some particular course of action.  They have themselves
> convinced that they have succeeded in killing millions of unborn
> children per year with no consequences.

Stop lying, you silly man!
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