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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 10:03
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Alex W. wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3@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.

> ==========
> 
> Sin is a social construct.  It exists irrespective of the god(s) worshipped 
> ... or not, as the case may be.
> 
> 
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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:03:29 +0100
From: The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>
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