Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:31

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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jun 26, 5:59 am, "W.A. Sawford" <was1...@cus.cam.ac.uk> 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.
>>
>> 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...
>>
>> Wendy
> 
> Well, give me your address, and I can send you a Bible.  So we will
> run through what has been said so far.  Atheists say that everything
> in the Bible is mythology.  

No they do not.

They sy it is a mixture of history, mythology and social mores.

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