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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: BuddyThunder
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:36
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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?

They dug a tunnel. It got written about. What's the big deal?
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