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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:38
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Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al) wrote:
> On Jul 7, 9:01 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> My beef with religion, is it clings to the language and simplistic
>> worldviews of stone age people: re-visiting the Bible with modern
>> knowledge, one is suprised at how sophisticated it actually is.
> 
> Well, the written forms were laid down

But the oral form goes WAY back.


> after the Greek peoples came
> out with a few gems like atoms, water displacement and so forth.

Sadly I doubt your average Israeli peasant had heard of any of that.


>  I
> don't think it was particularly sophisticated of those guys.  Maybe
> back when it was modified oral tradition from an assortment of other
> oral traditions it was more at the forefront of science.
> 
> Al
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From: The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>
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