From: rbwinn on
On Jun 30, 4:00�pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:26:07 -0700 (PDT), in alt.atheism
> rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in
> <b804ab27-a92f-4ef2-a69c-54dd80028...(a)j33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>:
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> >On Jun 30, 12:25?am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> Free Lunch wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:15:20 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com>
> >> > wrote in alt.atheism:
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> >> >> On Jun 28, 6:06?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >> >>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:26:59 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com>
> >> >>> wrote in alt.atheism:
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> >> >>>> On Jun 28, 12:50?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >> >>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:11:54 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com>
> >> >>>>> wrote in alt.atheism:
> >> >>>>>> On Jun 28, 7:17?am, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:05:42 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno..com>
> >> >>>>>>> wrote in alt.atheism:
> >> >>>>>>>> On Jun 28, 12:26?am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>> On Jun 27, 6:42?pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Jack wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I am upset by *people* who
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> believe that the Bible is anything more than mythology and try ?to impose
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> their
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> beliefs on me ?using the Bible as evidence.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> How can someone impose a belief on you? ?Just believe whatever you want to
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> believe.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> The wrong part is when people attempt to use the myth to formulate
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> public policy or indoctrinate children or inform foreign policy.
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Well, actually they use fables. ?The apostles Paul said they would be
> >> >>>>>>>>>> turned to fables in the last days. ?A fable is a story about animals
> >> >>>>>>>>>> like the story about monkeys turning into humans.
> >> >>>>>>>>> Wow, you're ignorant about evolution. Colour me surprised.
> >> >>>>>>>> In what way am I ignorant about evolution?
> >> >>>>>>> Monkeys and humans do share a common ancestor. Your denial of the fact
> >> >>>>>>> does not change that fact.- Hide quoted text -
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> >> >>>>>> Charles Darwin was not my ancestor.
> >> >>>>> So?
> >> >>>>> Evolution happens. Learn to deal with reality.- Hide quoted text -
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> >> >>>> I never have believed in evolution. ?I think it is a fable, just as
> >> >>>> Paul said it was.
> >> >>> Paul knew nothing about it. You mock the Bible with such silly
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> >> >> I just believe what Paul said. ?You seem a little upset that I do not
> >> >> believe your fable.
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> >> > Your problem is that you _lied_ about what Paul said. He _never_ said
> >> > that evolution was a fable. That was the lie you told, one you cannot
> >> > back up with _anything_ in the Bible, not from Paul, not from anywhere.
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> >Well, if Paul had named Charles Darwin by name, atheists would claim
> >he was not talking about evolution.
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> You know you lied to us, but you are trying to run away from your
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Sorry, I believe Paul, not your fable.
Robert B. Winn
From: BuddyThunder on
rbwinn wrote:
> On Jun 30, 1:19�pm, Enkidu <fox_rgf...(a)trashmail.net> wrote:
>> rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in news:22183802-cf28-4305-af11-
>> 7d254b106...(a)d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
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>>> You are the one being deliberately obtuse. � The existence of the
>>> tunnel validates many other things said in the Bible about the
>>> Assyrian invasion of Judea.
>> "The Hobbit" talks of ale, axes, and forests which we know exist. Does that
>> validate Orcs, Elves, Dwarves, trolls, magic rings, walking trees and Tom
>> Bombadil?
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>> --
>> Enkidu AA#2165 �
>> EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
>> ULC, Modesto, CA
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>> Doesn't anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like great public
>> schools, or health insurance for all?
>> � � �-Kurt Vonnegut
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> Why don't you decide for yourself? You were the one who thought of
> it.

Why don't you try to defend your assertions? How can we know we can
trust what you say?
From: BuddyThunder on
Alex W. wrote:
> "BuddyThunder" <nospam(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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>> Alex W. wrote:
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>>>>> Hair doesn't stop growing.
>>>>> It migrates.
>>>>> Have you checked your ears and nostrils recently?
>>>> Jeez, you ain't wrong about that, but how come my plug-hole has
>>>> sprouted?
>>> I have no idea, and this is definitely too much information ...
>> Awwwwww, no! I meant the drain-hole.... in the shower!!
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> Think before you write!
> You could have traumatised me for life here!

Oh man, I'm so ashamed that someone had to tell an atheist to think
before they post! ;-)
From: rbwinn on
On Jun 30, 4:13�pm, John Locke <johnlocke98...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:57:05 -0500, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us>
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> >On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:06:02 -0700 (PDT), in alt.atheism
> >rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in
> ><4d47e464-df75-43c4-94bd-383dbd74f...(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>:
> >>On Jun 29, 4:12?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:23:58 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com>
> >>> wrote in alt.atheism:
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> >>> >On Jun 29, 7:07?am, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >>> >> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:06:07 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com>
> >>> >> wrote in alt.atheism:
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> >>> >> >I did not lie. ?There actually is a conduit for water between Gihon
> >>> >> >spring and the pool of Siloam.
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> >>> >> And, as you know, that is not the lie I have pointed out to you. You lie
> >>> >> here by falsely and intentionally trying to distract us from the lie
> >>> >> under discussion. You know that no one imposes abortion in the United
> >>> >> States. That is another in a long line of lies that you refuse to repent
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> >>> >The Supreme Court and other atheists imposed abortion on the United
> >>> >States.
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> >>> Abortion is not imposed. You know that. No one is ever forced to have an
> >>> abortion by our government. Stop lying to us.
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> >>Women have been forced to have abortions in order to get welfare
> >>assistance.
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> >Point us to the evidence.
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> >Based on your track record, I do not believe you.
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> He can't site any evidence. For one thing, it would be highly illegal
> to force a woman into an abortion.
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> "There is not enough love and kindness in the world
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The government does it all the time.
Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on
On Jun 30, 6:28 pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote:
> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message
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> > On Jun 30, 2:59�pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote:
> >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:1ce59514-cea6-4e3f-b227-f2e92dd39117(a)l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com....
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> >> > Why would I invent a religion?
> >> > Robert b. Winn
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> >> Your prophet, Joe Smith managed to do that and did quite well out of it..
> >> (at least until the mob caught up with him, that is)
> >> So why shouldn't you?
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> >> --
> >> Steve O
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> > Joseph Smith had a very difficult life.  Then he was shot by a mob.
> > If he did quite well out of it, then it was in the hereafter.  So are
> > you saying that you believe Joseph Smith obtained some kind of reward
> > after his death?
> > Robert B. Winn
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> Of course I'm not, and I have absolutely no idea why you would suggest that
> I am saying anything like that.
> How is it even remotely possible for some one to receive a reward AFTER
> death?
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> --
> Steve O
> a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
> B.A.A.W.A.
> Convicted by Earthquack,
> Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence
> "I have a miraculous picture of Jesus - if you look really closely at the
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So you atheists are going to take what you can get before you die,
right?
Robert B. Winn