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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:22
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On Jul 12, 5:01�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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> news:1b978aa3-9206-4e7f-96e0-3fc23af80b9e@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 11, 8:03 pm, hhyaps...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > On Jul 11, 12:24 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jul 10, 8:39 pm, hhyaps...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > > On Jul 11, 6:50 am, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Jul 10, 3:04 pm, James Burns <burns...@osu.edu> wrote:
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> > > > > > rbwinn wrote:
> > > > > > > On Jul 8, 1:20?pm, James Burns <burns...@osu.edu> wrote:
> > > > > > >>rbwinn wrote:
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> > > > > > >>>Well, all you are doing is saying that God is guilty of
> > > > > > >>>murder every time a natural death occurs. ?I do not
> > > > > > >>>think you will get far with that idea.
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> > > > > > [...]
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> > > > > > >>Assuming that you choose to clarify what you are trying to
> > > > > > >>say, thanks in advance.
> > > > > > > Well, according to the Bible, natural events are controlled
> > > > > > > by humans on the earth.
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> > > > > > If I take this as the clarification I asked for, of what
> > > > > > you mean by "natural death" (which I think most people
> > > > > > would consider a death that is not caused by humans,
> > > > > > not cause by diseases, not caused by anything identifiable),
> > > > > > then I suppose you are saying that no deaths are
> > > > > > natural deaths. Do I understand you properly?
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> > > > > > If this is what you mean, then you shouldn't be
> > > > > > surprised if others have difficulties understanding you.
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> > > > > > > If the people obey God's
> > > > > > > commandments, they prosper in the land, the elements are
> > > > > > > tempered in their favor, and their lives are safe an
> > > > > > > protected by heaven. This does not happen very often.
> > > > > > > We know that in the last days, wickedness on earth
> > > > > > > will be greater than at any other time in the history
> > > > > > > of earth. So we cannot expect favorable conditions.
> > > > > > > The choice to have things this way was not God's.
> > > > > > > It was made by men who reject God. If the people in
> > > > > > > Noah's day had listened to Noah, there would have been
> > > > > > > no flood. So how do you figure it was God's faullt?
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> > > > > > You seem to be arguing that God is not responsible for
> > > > > > anything. That seems to fit well with my own position,
> > > > > > although we do arrive there from very different
> > > > > > directions.
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> > > > > > Keep up the good work. We'll make an atheist of you yet.
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> > > > > > Just kidding. I don't really believe you're serious when
> > > > > > you argue this way. A few posts after you post how God
> > > > > > is responsible for nothing, you will post that God is
> > > > > > responsible for everything.
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> > > > > > There is no consistency in what you write, but maybe
> > > > > > you see no problem in that. Do you see logic as a trap for
> > > > > > the conscience?
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> > > > > > Jim Burns
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> > > > > Well, you atheists were the ones who were saying God should be
> > > > > indicted for murder because natural deaths occur. Which court do you
> > > > > plan to file that case in?
> > > > > Robert B. Winn
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> > > > Wait a minute, you only include natural death, what about the sins and
> > > > deaths caused by your god?
> > > > All must be filed in our human court, and you must drag your god to
> > > > the criminal court, OK?- Hide quoted text -
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> > > > - Show quoted text -
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> > > It already happened. He was sentenced to death. So what do you
> > > think, you are going to do it again?
> > > Robert B. Winn
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> > Ah, so he was dead as a human, like modern criminal die of lethal
> > injection.
> > So, he was no god, right?- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> Wrong. �He had power to lay down his life. �He had power to take it up
> again. �He was resurrected three days after he was crucified.
> =========================================
> And Harry Potter can fly on a broomstick to play quiditch.
> Makes as much sense as your wholly babble stories.
>
> Smiler,

I am sure it does to you.
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:22:19 -0700 (PDT)
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