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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:39
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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 4, 3:03�am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> Alex W. wrote:
>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9fadb87c-6364-49eb-9ca6-c8fd555f6cd3@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jul 3, 6:05?am, "Alex W." <ing...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:f807e4d0-b40f-4cb8-bb4c-12f00021898d@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Well, the scriptures say that the wicked would be more miserable in
>>>> the presence of God than with the devils in hell.
>>>> ===========
>>>> In other words, since we are all sinful by definition, the smart choice is
>>>> to aim for hell in the first place. ?Nice morality ....
>>> No, the smart choice is to repent of sins. �However, atheists claim
>>> that nothing they do is sin, so they are not going to repent.
>> Which to me indicates you have no idea what sin, or repentance, is.
>>
>>
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>>> ==========
>>> Sin is a social construct. �It exists irrespective of the god(s) worshipped
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> 
> Sin is wilful disobedience of God. 

Well thats OK then,. God has never told me to do anything, or not to do 
anything.

I guess I am sin free then.


  Repentance is confessing and
> forsaking sin.
> Robert B. Winn
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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:39:40 +0100
From: The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>
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