Does God need to prove He exists?
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From: hhyapster on 10 Jul 2008 23:42 On Jul 11, 7:04 am, rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > On Jul 9, 7:31 pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: > > > > > "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:db1c5671-b400-4028-8821- > > > >> IME, children are naturally credulous. �We pick explanations that fit the > > >> available facts. �If our environment acts as if Santa Claus is real and > > >> we > > >> have no evidence to doubt that assertion, we believe.- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > Or, like Steve O's little boy, if the parents say there is no God, > > > they try to believe what they hear their parents say. > > > Robert B. Winn > > > You obviously weren't listening. > > I haven't told him there is no God. > > I'm sure, like his sister, he can make his own mind up later on that. > > I just hope I can equip him with the critical thinking skills required to > > come to that decision. > > > -- > > Steve O > > So you are saying that you son does not know you are an atheist. > That is certainly very open minded. > Robert B. Winn Do you think that we are as idiotic and close-minded as you loons?
From: Smiler on 10 Jul 2008 23:43 "Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE(a)swbell.net> wrote in message news:svcd74drmbfg2imd9ssouvjmtndm07v3ke(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:23 -0700, ben_dolan_III(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) > wrote: > >>Antares 531 <gordonlrDELETE(a)swbell.net> wrote: >> >>> >> So, the evidence is presented in a very balanced way such that each >>> >> of >>> >> us can assess it and go from there, making our own sovereign choice >>> >> as >>> >> to whether we accept or reject God's existence. Gordon >>> > >>> >I call bullshit, Gordon. Evidence is by definition transferable. What >>> >you're talking about isn't evidence, it's wishful thinking. You have >>> >accepted God's existence not on any evidence, but strictly on a deep >>> >rooted desire that it be true. Not the same thing at all. >>> > >>> Do you truly love your significant other? Do you have any evidence of >>> the deep running feelings you have for him/her? Is this evidence >>> transferable? Gordon >> >>Do you really have to resort to this old chestnut that has been refuted >>so many times? Is that the best you can do to defend your boneheaded >>claims? >> >>Of course there's evidence for my deep feelings about my wife, but in >>case you've forgotten, we were talking about evidence of existence, not >>evidence of devotion. Not the same thing at all. >> > When I lived in Florida a few years back, I arrived home one evening > just after sundown and saw a very large alligator slithering across > our front lawn. I was afraid to get close to the beast but after it > began moving away I parked the car and went inside to tell my wife > about this alligator. > > We both came back out to look at the beast but it was gone and we > could find no trace of it. I had ample "evidence" that an alligator > had slithered across our front lawn, but I could not transfer this > evidence. My wife could either reject my claim or accept it on faith. > As you said, a claim, but not evidence. Smiler, The godless one a.a.# 2279
From: Smiler on 10 Jul 2008 23:51 "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:1b629e70-db18-4208-a3da-4381dcebabb4(a)p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... On Jul 8, 8:45?pm, ben_dolan_...(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > > There were some atheists who said Harry Potter went on the train from > > London to wizard's school. > > And once again, child, you have confused fiction with reality... Harry Potter is fiction. The woman who wrote the books said it was fiction. I know this may come as a shock to atheists. =================================== The bible is also fiction. We don't even know who wrote it. I know this may come as a shock to christians. Get over it. Smiler, The godless one a.a.# 2275
From: Smiler on 11 Jul 2008 00:03 "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:6a844b78-389e-4a14-85be-2a06288453e9(a)z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... On Jul 8, 8:31?pm, ben_dolan_...(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > > Why do you ask? ?You have already said you deny God, you deny Jesus > > Christ, and you worship Ho whack. > > So how is it any of your business what I know or what I do? > > Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer! > > Because you're an insufferable Christard who posts in alt.atheism? I don't post in alt.atheism. ======================= Liar. ========================= I am posting in sci.physics. If you do not want to read my posts, take sci.physics and sci.physics.relativity out of the header. ============================ And let you continue to post your lies in a.a. without being challenged on them? No way! Smiler, The godless one a.a.# 2279
From: rbwinn on 11 Jul 2008 00:04
On Jul 10, 4:51�pm, "Alex W." <ing...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message > > news:29490a24-1365-458b-9eba-9a8196e5834d(a)d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > > I have never been to Las Vegas. �Anyway, Las Vegas was built by > organized crime and Howard Hughes. > > =========== > > Mormons were the first white settlers of Las Vegas, in 1855. �They still > make up around 12% of the population. Actually there was very little there until Hoover Dam was built. Robert B. Winn |