Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Steve O
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:15

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"BuddyThunder" <nospam@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message 
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> rbwinn wrote:

>>
>> God has eternal life, something atheists do not believe in and do not
>> want.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints teaches that
>> members will inherit all that the Father hath if they are faithful,
>> which means that members of the church will also inherit eternal
>> life.  So members of the church can become like God, something that
>> was commanded also in the New Testament.   Be ye therefore perfect,
>> even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.  So there is
>> nothing new in any of these doctrines.  They were taught by Jesus
>> Christ in his lifetime.
>
> We would probably want it if it could be shown to be anything other than 
> wishful thinking.

I wouldn't want it at all.
What the hell are going to do on your 
1000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000th 
day in eternity that you haven't already done a million times already?
Good grief, you'd be bored shitless, if not driven insane by the sheer, 
mind-numbing boredom.

-- 
Steve O
a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
B.A.A.W.A.
Convicted by Earthquack,
Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence
"I have a miraculous picture of Jesus - if you look really closely at the 
face, you can see a burnt tortilla"

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