Does God need to prove He exists?
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From: rbwinn on 7 Jul 2008 20:22 On Jul 7, 8:14�am, ben_dolan_...(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > > According to scripture unless a prayer is asked in faith it will not > > be answered. > > Robert B. Winn > > And according to empirical evidence, a prayer asked in faith will not be > answered either. What do you call empirical evidence? Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 7 Jul 2008 20:23 On Jul 7, 8:35�am, ben_dolan_...(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > > > >>> There is always possession .... > > > >> And actually the one thing we do know about spirit, is that is i NOT > > > >> limited to an earthly body, so it can move independently of it if it > > > >> wants. > > > > > The spirit of a human being wants to stay in the body because that is > > > > the best place for it until the person dies. > > > > Where in the body is it housed? > > > The entire body. > > Robert B. Winn > > That's adorable! A child scientist educating us atheists about spirits! > > Tell me, Bobby, just how many angels CAN dance on the head of a pin? Why are you asking me that question? Robert B. Winn
From: Stan-O on 7 Jul 2008 20:24 On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:09:58 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote: >> >> I have a sneaking suspicion that they never talk to you. >> Rather like your relationship with God. >> >> -- >> Steve O >At one time when I was making mistakes, about half of the posts in >sci.physics.relativity were directed to me. Since I arrived at >equations that hold together, scientists do not post to me. >Robert B. Winn It looks to me like you might be in a few killfiles.
From: Stan-O on 7 Jul 2008 20:27 On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:13:02 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote: >> The mediaeval understanding of spirit,was essentially what we today >> would call the mind, as distinct and somewhat independent of, the body. >> The concept of the 'objective observer' grew out of this particular >> worldview. Science owes religious philosophy that much, at least.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >Spirit could also be called intelligence. >Robert B. Winn It could also be called Jager, Stoli's, Bacardi, etc....
From: Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al) on 7 Jul 2008 22:06
On Jul 7, 9:01 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > > My beef with religion, is it clings to the language and simplistic > worldviews of stone age people: re-visiting the Bible with modern > knowledge, one is suprised at how sophisticated it actually is. Well, the written forms were laid down after the Greek peoples came out with a few gems like atoms, water displacement and so forth. I don't think it was particularly sophisticated of those guys. Maybe back when it was modified oral tradition from an assortment of other oral traditions it was more at the forefront of science. Al |