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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:26
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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
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> >>news:93faee1e-7aa9-4f18-b761-3a585ebcbaf0@v1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Jun 26, 5:05 am, RobertL <robertml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >>> 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?
>
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> > Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text -
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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
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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: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:26:25 -0700 (PDT)
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