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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.
>>
>>
>>
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> 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
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