From: BuddyThunder on
Steve O wrote:
>
>
> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message
> news:df3e8e8b-d5b9-411f-8e21-b107c5eb038d(a)8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> > I think they are related also. Scientists and atheists have a
>>> > religion that believes in one miracle, length contraction.
>>>
>>> Aw, you go right on believing that. :-)
>
>> Well, thank you for your permission. Do you speak for all atheists or
>> just for yourself?
>> Robert B. Winn
>
> I think he's speaking for all atheists.
> You can believe what the hell you like.
> You can even believe there is a teapot in orbit around Jupiter if you
> really want to.
> Just don't expect us to believe you are not a loony if you do, and don't
> try to push your silly beliefs in our faces without expecting a reaction.

I can only speak for myself, people may agree with me though. :-)

....but that's the crux of it: talk crazy without evidence -> be
dismissed as a kook.
From: Stan-O on
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:29:44 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwinn3(a)juno.com>
wrote:

>> >> >Well, choose for yourself what you like or dislike. ?It means nothing
>> >> >to me. ?If you or any other atheist decides to discuss the tunnel,
>> >> >come back and do it some time without trying to change the subject to
>> >> >Harry Potter.
>>
>> >> Making a comparison between two pieces of literature is hardly
>> >> changing the subject.
>>
>> >So you think the Bible is like a Harry Potter book. ?What is the point
>> >of discussing it further with you then?
>>
>> Does this mean you're going to stop posting in alt.atheism?
>
>I think it means that you are going to stop posting to sci.physics and
>sci.physics.relativity.

Admit it, Robert - you can't stay away from atheists. We provide you
with the only enjoyment you have in your life.
From: Stan-O on
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:35:16 +0200, Helgo Land <members(a)nospam.com>
wrote:


>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> Atheists are the people who are trying to make the Bible disappear.
>>> Robert B. Winn
>>
>> No, atheists are the people for whom the Bible is someone else's problem.
>
>The real question is 'Does God need to exist'? ;)

For people like Robert, the answer is yes.
From: Stan-O on
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:30:38 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwinn3(a)juno.com>
wrote:


>> >> You'd have to understand Russian culture - they love to have tyrants
>> >> as rulers, regardless of what their philosophical beliefs are.
>>
>> >Well, Stalin told people that he was an atheist. ?Why is it that you
>> >are now trying to portray him as a Russian Orthodox?
>>
>> Because politicians lie all the time.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>
>I think he was telling the truth when he said he was an atheist.

He certainly didn't try to stop the pogroms that the ROC waged against
the Jews in the early twentieth century.
From: Steve O on


"Smiler" <Smiler(a)Joe.King.com> wrote in message
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> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message
> news:71e6297f-a1f3-4489-b2c9-82ed1966908f(a)c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 15, 12:16?am, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote:
>> "Antares 531" <gordonlrDEL...(a)swbell.net> wrote in message
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>> news:72in74drr47ktr9l98raqph18ep0s1h4cp(a)4ax.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:25:09 -0400, Brian E. Clark
>> > <re...(a)newsgroup.only.please> wrote:
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>> >>In article <4d2a74pf351she9f40vri1ku32c7s40a9j@
>> >>4ax.com>, Antares 531 said...
>>
>> >>> Fulfillment of prophecies is the most convincing "evidence" for the
>> >>> reliability of the Bible,
>>
>> >>Most convincing of all are those prophecies written
>> >>after the events they predict.
>>
>> > Bryan, I see your point, but I maintain that there are many Biblical
>> > prophecies that were written LONG before they were fulfilled, and the
>> > history/dating can not have been manipulated. Even if the dating of,
>> > say the prophecies of Daniel can be argued a bit, it can't be
>> > stretched to a date later than the time of Jesus's life. If you
>> > haven't already done so, please visit this site and check some of
>> > these items out.
>>
>> >http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/prophecy.shtml
>>
>> > Gordon
>>
>> I read it.
>> Am I missing something?
>> What exactly is impressive about Daniel's prophecy?
>>
>> --
>> Steve O
>
> You are missing comprehension. The head of gold is the Nebuchadnezzar
> and the Babylonians,

> till you get to the iron mixed with miry clay,
> which signify the kingdoms of modern Europe.

Ah, right.
I thought it would be something like that.

--
Steve O
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