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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: BuddyThunder
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:35
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Antares 531 wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:59:07 -0700 (PDT), hhyapster@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 14, 5:35 am, Antares 531 <gordonlrDEL...@swbell.net> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:03:41 -0700, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan)
>>> wrote:
>>>
> (snip)
>>>> Antares 531 <gordonlrDEL...@swbell.net> wrote:
>>> Believing that everything just happened by pure chance is the thing
>>> that I can't fathom. How do you swallow that load of horse barn
>>> sweepings?
>>>
>>> You remind me of the allegorical sentient computer that has never been
>>> connected to the Internet. Never having experienced an Internet
>>> connection, this sentient computer is convinced that the Internet does
>>> not exist, but is merely a figment of the imaginations of those other
>>> sentient computers that have a connection to the Internet. And,
>>> although this never-been-connected computer has all the hardware and
>>> software it needs it adamantly refuses to activate its DSL connection
>>> and find out for its self.
>>>
>>> Gordon
>> You are trying to bullshit here that your god has no power to grant
>> sufficient intelligence to human to grasp the "meaning......"
>> What a silliest point one can make up.
>>
> God does indeed have infinite power and wisdom. He could handle this
> any way he chose to do. He chose to let us live as mortals and learn,
> hands-on, about sin and rebellion. The intention is to let us learn
> enough to assure God that we won't try to go back and explore it any
> further, once we've been granted immortality and absolute sovereignty.
> God is presently (by our temporal reference frame) in the process of
> separating good from evil. Those who reject God and are not willing to
> be with Him throughout eternity will be moved, along with all other
> aspects of existence that are not good. This will then be separated
> from God's domain, irreversibly. 
> 
> Some refer to this separated section as Hell. It will indeed appear to
> be burning, eternally, from a perspective on God's side of the
> separation nexus. From a perspective on the other side of this nexus,
> it will just be another multiverse, but everything there will be rife
> with all that God identifies as evil or not good.   Gordon

Sounds like the kind of Dr. Who episode I think I'd enjoy. When's it 
screening?
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