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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:48
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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:
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>>> 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?
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>> Linda ff
>> In the beginning man created god in his own image- Hide quoted text -
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> 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.
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