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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:46
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On Jul 6, 11:11 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 6, 2:46 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
> >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:e765a085-e079-4808-aa79-7244fc499d79@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> 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?
> >>> Robert B. Winn
> >> You're confusion in just about everything leads us to that conclusion.
> >> Ever had a prayer that hasn't been answered??
> >> No wait, I get it, you'll probably tell me it has always been answered, but
> >> not in the way you wanted.
> >> We hear that all of the time.
> >> Classic example of self-deception.
>
> >> --
> >> Steve O
>
> > Some people just cannot take no for an answer.  Well, we know atheists
> > have an agenda.  
>
> we don't.
>
> What I cannot personally understand is how atheists
>
> > expect to be able to run their agenda on God.  It is just not going to
> > work.
>
> The exact meaning of atheism is 'without reference to (a) god'.
>
> Christians think that atheists don't believe in God. That's not true.
> Atheists simply don't use belief at all. God is ignored as being too
> loose a concept to be of practical value.
>
> Atheists do not give a toss about Christians or what they believe except
> when they insist of injecting their nonsense into other peoples minds.
>
You mean like atheists do with the school system?
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
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