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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Loan Arranger
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:40
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hhyapster@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 9, 11:12 pm, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>> Antares 531 wrote:
>>> Read Job 1 & 2 for some allegorical information on this. God agreed to
>>> back off and let Satan run his agenda for a while, the only
>>> restriction being that Satan could not destroy the entire creation.
>> Perhaps you should read it too! According to those chapters, God gave
>> Satan control only over Job and his household, and only within certain
>> carefully-made restrictions. There is absolutely no logical way to read
>> those chapters in such a way as to give Satan control over the whole of
>> creation.
>>
> Interesting.
> Are you saying Satan is a slave to god?
> Or Satan is also another god, capable to do god's job?
> While god has a lot of incapabilities that he has to rely upon Satan,
> we are to worship him as a god?
> This is a real mess....isn't it?

You're right, it's a complete mess - mostly because you're inventing 
far-fetched assumptions, assigning them to me, and then expecting me to 
support them. Here's a mop, you clear them up. You poop, you scoop.

I just summarised the chapters in question. Read them for yourself, and 
make your own judgements. Please don't put words into my mouth.

TLA
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