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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Steve O
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:31
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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message news:db1c5671-b400-4028-8821-
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>> IME, children are naturally credulous. �We pick explanations that fit the
>> available facts. �If our environment acts as if Santa Claus is real and 
>> we
>> have no evidence to doubt that assertion, we believe.- Hide quoted text -
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>
> Or, like Steve O's little boy, if the parents say there is no God,
> they try to believe what they hear their parents say.
> Robert B. Winn

You obviously weren't listening.
I haven't told him there is no God.
I'm sure, like his sister, he can make his own mind up later on that.
I just hope I can equip him with the critical thinking skills required to 
come to that decision.

-- 
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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