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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: BuddyThunder
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:01
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 14, 11:29 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 14, 8:01�am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>> Only an atheist would want all choices made for
>>>>> them.
>>>> Now there was me thinking that that was the mark of a worshipper. It
>>>> seems to me that atheists make their own choices, because they don't
>>>> have decisions ready-dictated to them.
>>> So you think it is a mistake to decide ahead of time not to commit
>>> murder, not to steal, to attend church, not to commit adultery, etc.
>> Why would you be so morally deficient so as to need to perform morning
>> affirmations in order not to kill people?
>>
>> My moral decisions are made as the occasion demands it. Seems to work okay.
> 
> So are you saying that for each person you encounter, you make a
> decision to kill or not to kill?
> Robert B. Winn

No, I'm saying exactly the opposite. I need not make that decision at 
all, because I'm not filled with murderous rage.

As moral decisions need to be made, I make them according to my own values.
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