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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Richard Meredith
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:34
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In article <g4lbtl$9pq$1@cam-news1.cambridge.arm.com>,
chris.shore@arm.nospam.com (Chris Shore) wrote:

> *From:* "Chris Shore" <chris.shore@arm.nospam.com>
> *Date:* Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:25:57 +0100
> 
> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
> news:b5ef084b-b578-47aa-b9bf-1285e1588579@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com.
> ..
> 
> >Well, there is an earthen ramp that the Assyrian army built to get
> >over the city wall at Lachish.  Atheists do not believe in the 
> earthen
> >ramp.
> 
> Of course atheists believe in the ramp. It exists and its existence 
> cannot
> be denied. But the existence of the ramp does not prove that the 
> entire
> OT is fact, nor does it prove anything, anything at all, about God.
> 
> What is your point in pointing out the existence of this thing?

There is no point. Usenet discussions about religion are seldom anything
more than an opportunity for all sorts of people to restate their
particular set of beliefs loudly and vociferously while paying little
attention and less respect to the views of anyone else.
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: richard@rmeredith.co.uk (Richard Meredith)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:34 +0100 (BST)
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