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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Alex W.
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:29
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"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote in message 
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> 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.

You presume that good and evil are only defined through their relationship 
to a belief in god.  IOW, you claim that a non-believer's good works do not 
count, are meaningless.  That is unacceptable, both in itself and if one 
believes in a god of perfect love.
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From: "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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