Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Smiler
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:43

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"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:23 -0700, ben_dolan_III@reet.com (Ben Dolan)
> wrote:
>
>>Antares 531 <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote:
>>
>>> >> So, the evidence is presented in a very balanced way such that each 
>>> >> of
>>> >> us can assess it and go from there, making our own sovereign choice 
>>> >> as
>>> >> to whether we accept or reject God's existence.    Gordon
>>> >
>>> >I call bullshit, Gordon. Evidence is by definition transferable. What
>>> >you're talking about isn't evidence, it's wishful thinking. You have
>>> >accepted God's existence not on any evidence, but strictly on a deep
>>> >rooted desire that it be true. Not the same thing at all.
>>> >
>>> Do you truly love your significant other? Do you have any evidence of
>>> the deep running feelings you have for him/her? Is this evidence
>>> transferable?  Gordon
>>
>>Do you really have to resort to this old chestnut that has been refuted
>>so many times? Is that the best you can do to defend your boneheaded
>>claims?
>>
>>Of course there's evidence for my deep feelings about my wife, but in
>>case you've forgotten, we were talking about evidence of existence, not
>>evidence of devotion. Not the same thing at all.
>>
> When I lived in Florida a few years back, I arrived home one evening
> just after sundown and saw a very large alligator slithering across
> our front lawn. I was afraid to get close to the beast but after it
> began moving away I parked the car and went inside to tell my wife
> about this alligator.
>
> We both came back out to look at the beast but it was gone and we
> could find no trace of it. I had ample "evidence" that an alligator
> had slithered across our front lawn, but I could not transfer this
> evidence. My wife could either reject my claim or accept it on faith.
>

As you said, a claim, but not evidence.

Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279

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