Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:02

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Chris Shore wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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>> Well, according to the Bible, natural events are controlled by humans
>> on the earth.  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?
> 
> Because the Bible clearly states that God made the flood happen. As I
> see it, he was perfectly free to choose not to do so.
> 
> Chris 
> 
> 
Its the old paradox: squaring the following dogma, with the final 
statement..

God is omnipotent.
God is good.
Shit happens.

The catholic church didn't last really as THE only european church more 
than 150 years beyond the Black Death.

Enough shit tends to dent the dogma.

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