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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:10
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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:
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> > On Jul 14, 8:43�pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)"
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> > <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > On Jul 15, 1:40 am, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote:
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> > > > Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al) <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > That's not true, we believe you're a fuckin' moron... We even have
> > > > > > evidence!
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > 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...
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> > > OK, I'll agree it's a good summary.
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> > > Al- Hide quoted text -
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> > 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
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> 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"?
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> Al- Hide quoted text -
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A weak mind is one that cannot deal with reality.
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:10:55 -0700 (PDT)
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