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Article #13878Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: BuddyThunder
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:16
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:16
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rbwinn wrote: > On Jul 6, 1:00 am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: >> rbwinn wrote: >>> On Jul 5, 3:53�am, "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 .... >>> Well, mine get answered. What made you think they were not? >> Shall we do some double-blind tests? Would you like to submit that claim >> to scrutiny? It would really help me believe, because theists are always >> talking about answered prayer, and mine were met with nothing but stony >> silence.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth > to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. > 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth > is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed, > 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the > Lord. I wouldn't expect God to start taking *my* calls now after having ignored them entirely for five years, but *you* still have faith. We could test the efficacy of *your* prayers. Feel up to it? :-)
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