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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:55
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On Jul 13, 3:48 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 13, 8:43�am, Linda Fox <linda...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:49:43 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> On Jul 12, 8:25?am, Linda Fox <linda...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:20:29 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> A two year old is learning to lie or tell the truth. ?If a two year
> >>>>> old sees its parents lie all the time, then the two year old is going
> >>>>> to do the same thing.
> >>>> Ho-kayyyy - tell us please, because we'd love to know, how a
> >>>> two-year-old can tell its parents are lying when it does not know the
> >>>> truth itself. Unless it's by watching the nose grow longer and longer.
> >>> A two year old is concerned about what works. �If the two year old
> >>> sees that lying is more effective in getting results than telling the
> >>> truth, then that is what the two year old is going to start doing.
> >>> Atheists generally reward untruth.
> >> Right, now just go back and read again, a bit slower this time. How
> >> does the two-year-old know - from the example of his elders - that
> >> lying is more effective, when - are you still there? - he does not
> >> yeat recognise it as lying?
>
> >> Linda ff
> >> In the beginning man created god in his own image- Hide quoted text -
>
> > What you are claiming is that a two year old cannot tell if something
> > is true or untrue.  I take the position that a two year old is just as
> > capable of discerning as anyone, but might have more of a tendency to
> > try to say the answer he believes his parent wants to hear.
> > Robert B. Winn
>
> Is that why you believe in the Bible then? because that's what YOUR
> parents wanted to hear?. I do feel very sorry for you.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, actually I did not start reading the Bible until I was locked
up.  I was in jail that time.  They did not allow Bibles in the
psychiatric ward, but by then I knew enough about it to keep out of
the atheism.
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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