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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:43
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On Jul 1, 12:31 pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@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 -
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> >> > 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.
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> >> That is not one of the lies I'm referring to.
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> >> You have lied repeatedly. If you don't know you're doing it, maybe you
> >> need to seek help again.- Hide quoted text -
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> > 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
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> You mean you've been joking all along?
> It wasn't funny at all...
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> --
> Steve O

No, I was not joking.  Jay Leno was.
Robert B. Winn
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
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