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Article #13598Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: Ben Dolan
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:56
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:56
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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.
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