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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:14
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On Jul 4, 4:35�pm, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > What difference would it make to an atheist? �Weren't you claiming
> > that this was all myth?
>
> No, you're mistaking me for someone else, and I've never made any
> statements about my religious leanings either. Perhaps you're confusing
> me with The Natural Philosopher. That's not an easy mistake to make, I'm
> impressed.
>
> > Church leaders from the beginning had to contend with uninspired
> > people writing things seeking to gain position and authority in the
> > church. �Once the Apostles were gone, there was no further control
> > over it. �However, there were still people who could decide, this is
> > legitimate, this is garbage. �So today we have what we have as the
> > Bible. �There is still garbage in the Bible. �The Song of Solomon is
> > garbage.
>
> Of course it is, it speaks of love and sex in a lyrical and intimate
> way. That's got to be completely intolerable by anyone who considers sex
> in any form to be sinful. Why would something like that belong in a book
> that ought to be concentrating on death, vengeance, incest, violence,
> damnation, torture, horrible prophesy, all those lovely other features
> of human existence?
>
> TLA

Well, you do not seem to understand what you were reading.  It is
nothing more than ramblings of a senile old man who cannot think any
more.
Robert B. Winn
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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