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Article #13016Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: Smiler
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:28
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:28
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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message news:d4824c50-e3d5-4af6-80bf-dd609c221377@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... On Jul 13, 3:02 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: > rbwinn wrote: > > On Jul 12, 11:53 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: > >> rbwinn wrote: > >>> On Jul 11, 5:18?pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote: > >>>> "The Natural Philosopher" <a...@b.c> wrote in > >>>> messagenews:1215765710.4836.0@proxy02.news.clara.net... > >>>>> rbwinn wrote: > >>>>>> On Jul 10, 5:20?am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: > >>>>>>> Alex W. wrote: > >>>>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message > >>>>>>>>news:08134c4b-46c5-454f-9a5f-47756eddfd59@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > >>>>>>>> Without religion to oppose, atheists would do nothing at all. > >>>>>>> Thats not true. They just would walk away from any discussion on > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> subject thankfully, and get on with living, and in some case, > >>>>>>> trying to > >>>>>>> understand the extraordinary universe we seem to find ourselves > >>>>>>> in. > >>>>>>> Really the transition fom a Gaia type animism picture of the > >>>>>>> universe, > >>>>>>> to a personalised supernatural creator and law giver, to an > >>>>>>> impersonal > >>>>>>> set of amoral laws..is not as abrupt as the fanboys would like to > >>>>>>> think. > >>>>>>> What is unusual, historically, is the fanatical faith needed to > >>>>>>> maintain > >>>>>>> the concept of a personal and moral God, in the face of Reason. > >>>>>>> Mediaevally speaking, no one questioned that the world and events > >>>>>>> moved > >>>>>>> according to some vast and ineffable and mysterious pattern, and > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> concept of a supernatural intelligence and a plan, was pretty > >>>>>>> reasonable..until science started uncovering the rules, which > >>>>>>> turned out > >>>>>>> to be mindlessly simple, totally impersonal and implacable, and > >>>>>>> impervious to personal appeal. And no evidence of intelligence at > >>>>>>> all. > >>>>>>> Note that none of this necessarily negates the proposition that > >>>>>>> faith, > >>>>>>> belief, prayer, and a live lived AS IF there were an afterlife,is > >>>>>>> not a > >>>>>>> Good Thing for people and civilisations. > >>>>>>> But none of these even indicate that what is believed in must of > >>>>>>> necessity be true. > >>>>>>> Archers were able to hit targets long before Newton identified the > >>>>>>> Force > >>>>>>> of Gravity. > >>>>>>> Understanding of the presumed science behind phenonmena is no > >>>>>>> pre-requisite for learning to deal with them. Any ad-hoc theory > >>>>>>> that has > >>>>>>> pragmatic use will do. > >>>>>>> If you look at religion in that light, it makes a lot of sense. > >>>>>>> Mired in dogma however, the fanatical Theist simply persists in > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> useless, long past its sell-by date. > >>>>>>>> ========== > >>>>>>>> ..... other than get on with our lives ....- Hide quoted text - > >>>>>>> - Show quoted text - > >>>>>> If atheists want to believe that they are not intelligent, I see no > >>>>>> problem with that. > >>>>>> Robert B. Winn > >>>>> And how is that in any way relevant to what I posted? > >>>> You expect relevance from this moron? > >>>> He can't even manage coherence, logic or truth. > >>>> Smiler, > >>>> The godless one > >>>> a.a.# 2279- Hide quoted text - > >>>> - Show quoted text - > >>> Atheists believe that intelligence is nothing more than electrical > >>> impulses. > >> No, they do not. Another lie from the Prince of Lies. > > > Your problem, Natural, is the same problem that all atheists have. > > You never say anything. > > Well at lest that absolves me from the sin of lying eh Robbo. > > Wheres you sin ever time you open your mouth,. and end up saying nothing > as its simply bullshit when you do. > Well, Satan is capable of saying that anything whatsoever is a lie. To atheists and evil spirits that is what constitutes freedom. ==================================== More of your satanic worship, bobbie. Smiler, The godless one a.a.# 2279
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X-Google-Thread: 10b271,d932fee6d9806ab9 X-Google-Thread: 102f53,dac8026861d35fee X-Google-Thread: f442a,d932fee6d9806ab9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,gid102f53,gidf442a,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams!news.ams.newshosting.com!npeersf02.ams!newsfe27.ams2.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Smiler" <Smiler@Joe.King.com> Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism References: <6cuh4dF3houn9U1@mid.individual.net> <b11734f8-c941-45b4-91bd-aa141e895be8@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <1215430282.24768.0@proxy00.news.clara.net> <2fc2333e-fec4-4a58-8800-49c95218cd4a@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> <845511a1-44f9-415e-8d3f-e5212112bf3a@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <08134c4b-46c5-454f-9a5f-47756eddfd59@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <6dma49F39icqU1@mid.individual.net> <1215692488.17430.0@proxy01.news.clara.net> <395ede6d-e5fd-47d7-95d0-70b0c8b1b730@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> <1215765710.4836.0@proxy02.news.clara.net> <FLSdk.61632$7v1.40566@newsfe30.ams2> <311b123e-f0f0-40ff-b746-9799ff8056a5@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <1215932026.22245.1@proxy00.news.clara.net> <144e7ae6-5fcf-469e-849d-b8c44dd87bcc@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <1215986539.20681.2@proxy02.news.clara.net> <d4824c50-e3d5-4af6-80bf-dd609c221377@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists? Lines: 94 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080714-0, 14/07/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: <cIVek.31233$Zm1.2043@newsfe27.ams2> NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.20.115.204 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe27.ams2 1216096136 82.20.115.204 (Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:28:56 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:28:56 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:28:39 +0100