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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

#13765
From: Smiler
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:09
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"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> <hhyapster@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> On Jul 5, 6:53 pm, "Alex W." <ing...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:62956527-c824-415d-93ab-cdbf47127a02@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jul 4, 9:37 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > For the umpteenth time, we cannot tell Jesus anything.
>>> > If he existed at all, he died nearly 2,000 years ago.
>>> > Apart from an alleged brief visit shortly afterward, he hasn't been 
>>> > seen
>>> > since.
>>> > How can we tell him anything, huh?
>>>
>>> > - Show quoted text -
>>>
>>> Well, it is called prayer.  Christians are commanded to pray.
>>>
>>> ====================
>>>
>>> And you're sure your prayer gets through ... even though no-one in the
>>> history of Christian prayer has ever answered.  You know, if I dial a 
>>> number
>>> and get no connection, I may try a few more times, but sooner or later I
>>> realise that there's no phone at the other end ....
>>
>> The real trouble is, Alex, the loon never even try to dial.
>> Worse, a lot of them dialed but no tone or connection and still think
>> the number is right.
>> They tried and tried and tried.....until the last breath, still no
>> connection.....sad.
>
> That's not the real trouble.
> They do try to dial.  Again and again and again.
> And then they dial their own number and end up speaking to themselves -- a 
> closed loop that will always deliver the answers already present in the 
> questioner's mind.  It's the perfect conversation ....
>
I would hardly describe talking to oneself as the "perfect conversation".
It's more like the perfect description of lunacy.

Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279 
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