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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:41
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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>
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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:
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> >> >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.
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> >> 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.
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> 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
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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