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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Steve O
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31
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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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> On Jul 1, 12:53 am, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> rbwinn wrote:
>> > On Jun 30, 1:18 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> >> rbwinn wrote:
>> >>> On Jun 29, 9:49 pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)"
>> >>> <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >>>> On Jun 30, 1:26 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> On Jun 29, 2:11 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> >>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>> >>>>>>> On Jun 27, 6:54�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>>>news:93faee1e-7aa9-4f18-b761-3a585ebcbaf0@v1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 26, 5:05 am, RobertL <robertml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> On Jun 26, 4:48 am, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> On Jun 25, 7:27?pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Actually, you ought to consider the consequences of a proof 
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> by God
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> that he does not exist.
>> >>>>>>>>>>> If that were to happen, people would have no choice except to 
>> >>>>>>>>>>> believe
>> >>>>>>>>>>> in God.
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Why should anyone believe in a proven non-existent god?
>> >>>>>>>>>> Proven by whom?
>> >>>>>>>> By god himself!
>> >>>>>>>>> A proof is a proof; it doesn't matter who proved it.
>> >>>>>>>>> Robert
>> >>>>>>>> Well, if there was no one who proved it, and nothing was proven, 
>> >>>>>>>> then
>> >>>>>>>> it did not happen.
>> >>>>>>>> -----------------------------------
>> >>>>>>>> Just like your bible stories.
>> >>>>>>> Well, I believed in the story of Hezekiah's tunnel being dug, and 
>> >>>>>>> sure
>> >>>>>>> enough, there is a tunnel there today, just as the Bible says 
>> >>>>>>> there
>> >>>>>>> is. How do you explain it?
>> >>>>>> ER..there was a tunnel?
>> >>>>>> So what?
>> >>>>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
>> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>> >>>>> Well, if there was an atheist anywhere who would admit that the 
>> >>>>> verses
>> >>>>> of the Bible which describe the construction of the tunnel were 
>> >>>>> true,
>> >>>>> then we could discuss other verses. As long as atheists claim that
>> >>>>> Hezekiah's tunnel is a myth, then we will just discuss Hezekiah's
>> >>>>> tunnel.
>> >>>>> Robert B. Winn
>> >>>> As long as you keep lying about what people have said when the
>> >>>> original is still online, people will think you're a loony. And call
>> >>>> you a liar.
>> >>>> Al- Hide quoted text -
>> >>>> - Show quoted text -
>> >>> Atheists will call me a liar no matter what I say. They used to call
>> >>> Jesus Christ a liar.
>> >> If you wish to stop being accused of lying, then stop lying. It's not
>> >> useful, you're not getting away with it. I guess it diverts attention
>> >> away from having to answer hard questions. <shrug>- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> > I have not lied about anything. There really is a conduit for water
>> > from Gihon spring to the pool of Siloam. There is no Harry Potter.
>> > The city of London is still there. It is all exactly as I said it
>> > was.
>>
>> That is not one of the lies I'm referring to.
>>
>> You have lied repeatedly. If you don't know you're doing it, maybe you
>> need to seek help again.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Well, you atheists seem a lot more sensitive than most people.  Any
> joke can be called a lie, but what is the point?
> I mean, I do not see you calling Jay Leno a liar every time he does
> his monologue.
> Robert B. Winn

You mean you've been joking all along?
It wasn't funny at all...

-- 
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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From: "Steve O" <nospamhere@thanks.com>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:31:55 +0100
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