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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Steve O
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:55
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"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:15:05 +0100, "Steve O" <nospamhere@thanks.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote in message
>>news:e0pf749gtttsrk8eso4lqjttd2u7gumuur@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:17:41 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Antares 531 wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:15:08 -0700, ben_dolan_III@reet.com (Ben Dolan)
>>>>> wrote:
>>> (snip)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ben, there is an ABUNDANCE of evidence that God exists,
>>>>
>>>>Which God though?
>>>>
>>> The One whose prophecies are repeatedly and accurately fulfilled.
>>>
>>> http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/prophecy.shtml
>>
>>I checked out this link and read the first line, "Unique among all books
>>ever written, the Bible..."
>>If the opening line was anything to go by, there wasn't much point in
>>reading all of the rest.
>>ALL books are unique... unless it's the same book.
>>D'oh!
>>
> Polycystinea, the main class of  radiolarians is "unique" among the
> creatures of this planet in that it has a siliceous skeletal
> composition.

Oookaaaaay...
But we we talking about books, not the unique molecular phylogeny of 
spongodiscidae.

>
> The Bible is unique among all books in that it is the word of God,
> revealed to us through the prophets.

Nah.
Lots of books claim to be the word of God.
Nothing unique there.

>The fact that the prophetic
> information is and has been reliably fulfilled makes the Bible
> different than any other such books.   Gordon

Ever hear of self- fulfilling prophecy?

-- 
Steve O
a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
B.A.A.W.A.
Convicted by Earthquack
Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence

 
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