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Article #14130Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: rbwinn
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:29
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:29
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On Jul 4, 3:06 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: > rbwinn wrote: > > On Jul 3, 5:32�pm, "Alex W." <ing...@yahoo.co.uk> 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. > > >> ========== > > >> Sin is a social construct. �It exists irrespective of the god(s) worshipped > >> ... or not, as the case may be. > > > Well, there is no sin in heaven. Maybe that is why atheists do not > > want to go there. > > It's more true to say that by removing what you loosely term sin, you > arrive at a place you loosely call heaven. > > However it is only one point on a certain map: there are many other > places to visit.. > > As the Jewish mystics were well aware.. > > Well, for instance, you could visit hell. Why anyone would want to visit hell, I do not know. Robert B. Winn
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