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Article #13881Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: BuddyThunder
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:20
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:20
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rbwinn wrote: > On Jul 6, 1:04 am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: >> rbwinn wrote: >>> On Jul 5, 5:53�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote: >>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message >>>> news:144d9977-1207-4745-981c-b0a2d9be87d5@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >>>> On Jul 4, 10:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >>>>> rbwinn wrote: >>>>>> On Jul 4, 2:46 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >>>>>>> rbwinn wrote: >>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 12:42 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 9:22 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 9:00?am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> (HUGE amount of unnecessary quoting snipped) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Gnostiocs wrote a bunch of garbage about their theory that >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Christ did not suffer or die on the cross because he was a God. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ?They >>>>>>>>>>>>>> were trying to combine Christianity with Greek mythology. >>>>>>>>>>>>> The Catholic Church, on the other hand, tried to merge it with as >>>>>>>>>>>>> many >>>>>>>>>>>>> different contemporary religions as possible, in order to make >>>>>>>>>>>>> Christianity an easier pill to swallow for "pagan" worshippers. >>>>>>>>>>>>> At least >>>>>>>>>>>>> the Gnostics had the style to call on classical influences! >>>>>>>>>>>>> TLA >>>>>>>>>>>> That is correct about the Catholic Church. Fortunately, they were >>>>>>>>>>>> able to keep the Bible pretty much intact. >>>>>>>>>>> Of course. They *wrote* it and edited out what they didn't want in >>>>>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>>>>> Why change a winning formula? >>>>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - >>>>>>>>>> The Catholics did not write the Bible. The entire Old Testament was >>>>>>>>>> written by the Jews. The New Testament was written by apostles and >>>>>>>>>> disciples of Jesus Christ. >>>>>>>>> It was not. Only one gospel in the NT to my not too certain knowledge >>>>>>>>> was written by a disciple or apostle. >>>>>>>>> Paul was most certainly neither. >>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - >>>>>>>> Well, the fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ is the one who >>>>>>>> decides who the apostles will be. >>>>>>> Ok..so theres this dude you say was dead, and then these guys come >>>>>>> along >>>>>>> years later and write a tabloid account for heir paymatsers, and this >>>>>>> dead guy appears and says 'these are apostles right: I appointed them' >>>>>>> Y'know, I could believe walking on water easier than that. >>>>>>> I think you should study circular logic. >>>>>>> Like >>>>>>> I. TNP, am actuallyt God. >>>>>>> Everything I say is therefore True. >>>>>>> Therefore when I say I am god, I AM gGodt, and don't you forget it. >>>>>>> Matthew and John were apostles. >>>>>>>> Peter, James, and Paul were apostles. Luke and Mark were disciples. >>>>>>>> Now the fact that modern atheists may attempt to demote or >>>>>>>> excommunicate writers of the New Testament does not change their >>>>>>>> standing in the church. Modern atheists are the ones who have no >>>>>>>> standing in the church. >>>>>>> Do you realise how little I care about the Church? >>>>>> Yes, that is why you have no standing in the church. >>>>>>> The religion and the messages of a half decent prophet with a kind >>>>>>> heart >>>>>>> have some merit, but the church is well past its sell by date, and, >>>>>>> always was, and always will be a political institution with almost no >>>>>>> value in terms of spiritual endeavour, whatsoever. >>>>>>> You probably believed in GW Bush as well. >>>>>>> Sucker. >>>>>> I ran against G W Bush. What did you do, vote for John Kerry? >>>>> There is a bigger world out here than the USA. I live on a continient >>>>> that is larger and has three times the population and has been civilized >>>>> a lot longer, and is called Europe. >>>>> I don't you could even name one European politician. >>>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - >>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >>>>> - Show quoted text - >>>> Adolf Hitler was a European politician. � So was Josef Stalin. >>>> Robert B. Winn >>>> Wow! You're getting better. 60% correct. >>>> Clue...80% of Russia is in Asia. >>>> Smiler, >>>> The godless one >>>> a.a.# 2279- Hide quoted text - >>>> - Show quoted text - >>> Mao Tse Tung was an Asian politician. >> Neil Young is a Canadian musician. >> >> Hey, this is FUN!! :-)- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > I thought you said I did not have a sense of humor. Hey buddy, I was the one who made the pointless naming of people fun!
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