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Article #12793Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: Free Lunch
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:37
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:37
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:27:00 -0700, DanielSan <danielsan@speakeasy.net> wrote in alt.atheism: >rbwinn wrote: >> On Jul 15, 7:15 pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote: >>> rbwinn wrote: >>>> On Jul 15, 1:00 am, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)" >>>> <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>> On Jul 15, 4:03 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote: >>>>>> On Jul 14, 8:43?pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)" >>>>>> <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>>>> On Jul 15, 1:40 am, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: >>>>>>>> Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al) <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2:54 pm, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: >>>>>>>>>> rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your analysis, Peter. ?I was merely expanding on a >>>>>>>>>>> statement from an atheist to show where it was leading: ?Atheists do >>>>>>>>>>> not believe anything. >>>>>>>>>> That's not true, we believe you're a fuckin' moron... We even have >>>>>>>>>> evidence! >>>>>>>>> I'm going to take that as an article of faith. ?The evidence isn't >>>>>>>>> compelling. ?We do have evidence that he's a liar. ?So he could be >>>>>>>>> acting incredibly stupid, or more likely be stupid, it's impossible to >>>>>>>>> tell. ?But the evidence for lies is overwhelming. >>>>>>>>> So, we believe he's as stupid as dog shit. ?But we have evidence, and >>>>>>>>> thus no need of faith, that he's a liar. >>>>>>>> I understand your point, but I believe we have overwhelming evidence of >>>>>>>> both. Bobby is a classic newsgroup troll who desparately craves >>>>>>>> attention. Lying is an excellent way to get attention, although it >>>>>>>> normally means suffering considerable ridicule and insult in the >>>>>>>> process. >>>>>>>> But I also believe he's rather unintelligent (as most newsgroup trolls >>>>>>>> tend to be). He has shown a remarkable inability to absorb and integrate >>>>>>>> new information presented to him. There's no indication he reads >>>>>>>> anything outside of the few newsgroups he spends countless hours posting >>>>>>>> in. And he has shown a breathtaking lack of self awareness and maturity, >>>>>>>> whether about his ridiculous physics kookiness or his puerile religious >>>>>>>> nonsense. Taken together these point to someone suffering from mental >>>>>>>> illness combined with a serious cognitive impairment, or as I prefer to >>>>>>>> think of it, he's a fuckin' moron... >>>>>>> OK, I'll agree it's a good summary. >>>>>>> Al- Hide quoted text - >>>>>>> - Show quoted text - >>>>>> Profanity is the attempt of a weak mind to make a strong statement, >>>>>> Al. You are agreeing with someone who has a weak mind. >>>>>> Robert B. Winn >>>>> I agree or disagree with propositions. Not people. >>>>> And your statements are wrong. Profanity can be used by weak minds to >>>>> attempt to make a strong statement. Just because someone uses profane >>>>> language, does not mean they have a "weak mind". And what do you mean >>>>> by "weak mind"? >>>>> Al- Hide quoted text - >>>> A weak mind is one that cannot deal with reality. >>> ...like thinking that a humanlike spirit created billions of galaxies >>> with billions of stars so that one star can have a rock where, after >>> billions of years, humans can eventually begin to populate it and, >>> thousands of years after that, only then begin to realize the humanlike >>> spirit's presence? When the humans begin to do things that the >>> humanlike spirit doesn't like, the spirit comes down as a human, gets >>> himself killed, returns to life, eventually goes back home, all to >>> protect his creation from himself? >>> >>> Who's the one that cannot deal with reality? >>> >> You. > >Fine. Continue believing that God had to kill himself to protect his >creation from himself. God sounds like he is mentally ill and a criminal danger to others.
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