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Article #14294Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:23
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:23
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rbwinn wrote: > On Jun 29, 2:10 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >> rbwinn wrote: >>> On Jun 27, 9:05 am, mizlee <miz...@aol.com> wrote: >>>> On Jun 27, 8:49 am, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote: >>>>> On Jun 27, 12:31 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >>>>>> rbwinn wrote: >>>>>>> On Jun 26, 1:09�pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote: >>>>>>>> W.A. Sawford wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, rbwinn wrote: >>>>>>>>>> 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: >>>>>>>>>> Well, if no one proved it, then it was not proven. � All you have done >>>>>>>>>> is to say it was proven without showing any proof or anyone who is >>>>>>>>>> suppsed to have done it. �Atheists have said they have proven all >>>>>>>>>> manner of things. �Almost always it turns out to be something some >>>>>>>>>> individual atheist put together that sounds good to other atheists. >>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn >>>>>>>>> I wasn't going to get involved in all this (unless it's Friday, which it >>>>>>>>> isn't) but I can't stand it any longer (sigh). >>>>>>>>> 'Atheists have said they have proven all manner of things.' >>>>>>>>> Well, what exactly have they claimed to have proved, and which atheists >>>>>>>>> have claimed it? �Atheists don't actually need to 'prove' anything, >>>>>>>>> because there is not a shred of evidence that god exists in the first >>>>>>>>> place. The onus is not on atheists to prove the non-existence of god any >>>>>>>>> more than the non-existence of the ravening bug-blatter beast of Traal. >>>>>>>> Completely wrong. The concept of God is not a scientific hypotheis, nor >>>>>>>> a fact. >>>>>>>> So it can't be proven or disproven. >>>>>>>> Its simply a shorthand for 'all the wide and wonderful stuff we cant get >>>>>>>> a handle on; and feel scared by' more or less. >>>>>>>> Atheism isn't so much denying His existence, nor yet keeping and open >>>>>>>> mind on the subject (agnostic) its merely sidestepping the whole mess as >>>>>>>> something one can simply do without. >>>>>>>>> Show me some real evidence and I'll think about belief. Although actual >>>>>>>>> evidence would of course remove the need for belief in the first place... >>>>>>>> That's the whole point. Belief is a state of mind that has utility. Its >>>>>>>> a little bit of Wise-ardry. Headology. >>>>>>>> Wise-ards understand that believing in something is an action, not a >>>>>>>> statement about its existence, or lack thereof. >>>>>>>>> Wendy- Hide quoted text - >>>>>>> Well, what atheists do not like to discuss is Jesus Christ. >>>>>> Yu seem to know more about what Atheists do and don't do than Jesus. >>>>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - >>>>> I know a lot about atheists, but not as much as Jesus Christ knows. >>>>> He was the one who created atheists. >>>>> Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - >>>>> - Show quoted text - >>>> So, if Jesus Christ created atheists, and Jesus Christ was perfect, he >>>> could not create imperfection. Hence, atheists are perfect. Sounds >>>> OK to me.- Hide quoted text - >>>> - Show quoted text - >>> Well, Jesus Christ would be the one to tell your idea. He is the one >>> who is going to judge the earth. >>> Robert B. winn >> Science 'Dix points' >> The Church :'Null points' >> Jerr Springer: "How come you are aandinng the church Jesus. >> Jesus": "cos that's full of people who thought they knew all the >> snmawers. Scientists are the only ones who were humble enough to see >> what I laid before them, and draw their own conclusions. The church >> tauht that it had the Knowledge, I taught people how to take their own >> path to Knowledge. Only science followed me.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > That is quite a fable. Humans are good at fables. You've got the biggest book of them right there. > Robert B. Winn
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X-Google-Thread: 10b271,d932fee6d9806ab9 X-Google-Thread: 102f53,dac8026861d35fee X-Google-Thread: f442a,d932fee6d9806ab9 X-Google-Thread: 116469,d932fee6d9806ab9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,gid102f53,gidf442a,gid116469,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!news.netfinity.fr!netfinity.fr!zen.net.uk!dedekind.zen.co.uk!newsfeed.esat.net!news.clara.net!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!proxy02.news.clara.net Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:23:03 +0100 From: The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,cam.misc,alt.sci.physics,alt.atheism Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists? References: <48581d68$1@clear.net.nz> <884e5992-7364-40c6-9d03-4c22aafd215b@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <y8D8k.63141$7m7.42046@newsfe30.ams2> <74e6eff8-410e-4b2d-a0e6-02502e5a0cbe@v26g2000prm.googlegroups.com> <df084d52-af14-46d7-8007-73d87d68d111@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <7a37fe43-f010-4321-9a28-9734acbe5652@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1080626134221.14285B-100000@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk> <1214510991.14617.0@proxy02.news.clara.net> <80806b1c-5918-4555-89e2-e47c3987a1b6@w34g2000prm.googlegroups.com> <1214551962.1522.2@proxy01.news.clara.net> <fbc9a990-d5e8-4450-a03b-a3d1cdf6bed3@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <547e467d-b45a-42b9-9e5a-41fc119614bf@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <065060a2-b02e-4232-84f0-e35b7411dcd2@h1g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <1214773901.21259.0@proxy01.news.clara.net> <ec5a355f-e1fb-4f8c-9b69-5e5903cec718@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <ec5a355f-e1fb-4f8c-9b69-5e5903cec718@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net (please include full headers) X-Trace: af5044a4885990089e434962b66d648c0c0f8474c6520860d66766444868b407 NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:23:03 +0100 Message-ID: <1214821383.16592.4@proxy02.news.clara.net> Lines: 73