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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: rbwinn
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:49
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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
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From: rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com>
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Subject: Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
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