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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:13
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On Jul 15, 1:04 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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> > On Jul 14, 5:12�pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
> >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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> >> >> > 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.
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> >> >> 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.
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> >> >> By your reasoning at least.
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> >> > 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
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> >> Here is an example of rbwinn's logic.
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> >> Sheep are mentioned in the bible
> >> Sheep exist today
> >> The bible is accurate and there is a God
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> >> --
> >> 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.
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> Here's where you get confused every time. (or deliberately lie)
> When they said "nothing exists on earth today that could prove anything in
> the bible" they were talking about the SPECIAL claims in the bible, not the
> ordinary mundane things such as tunnels, sheep, goats or shekels.
> Yet, for some reason, you choose to lie about this and attribute claims to
> atheists which  don't exist.
> You are either a complete liar or you are stuck on stupid.
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> --
> Steve O
> a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
> B.A.A.W.A.
> Convicted by Earthquack
> Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence
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> >   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.
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Well, the construction of Hezekiah's tunnel was very remarkable.  But
atheists do not like seeing remards about it.  Why is that?
Robert B. Winn
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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