From: rbwinn on 2 Aug 2008 09:16 On Aug 1, 5:16�pm, Matthew Johnson <matthew_mem...(a)newsguy.org> wrote: > In article <cca0c2fa-98aa-446b-b2fc-0c027ef0d...(a)59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, > rbwinn says... > > [snip] > > >> How do you 'KNOW' that ? There are plenty of Christians who baptize > >> their babies ..... are you saying they won't get into heaven ? What > >> 'special' knowledge do you possess that they don't ? > > >> -- > >Modern revelation. > >Robert B. Winn > > And this, of course, is where Winn demonstrates a thoroughly broken, > unscientific epistemology. > > To demonstrate how broken it is, how thoroughly useless both for science and > theology, one only has to consider: what answer can he have is someone else pops > up and claims to have a "modern revelation" that infant baptism is not only > good, but a commandment from God? > > All he can do is complain that this other person is not following revelation > from God after all. But wait! Why should we not say the very same about Winn? > Who is really going to win this contest? > > That is yet another reason why none of his crossposts belong in sci.physics. He > should have posted to alt.atheism only, and amused himself by watching the > rattled cages there. Well, I was discussing Einstein's theory of relativity until these people came by. They are exactly like scientists in that respect. They do not want to discuss the Galilean transformation equations. I believe that the fastest way to get the subject back to relativity is to answer all of their questions. Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 2 Aug 2008 09:18 On Aug 1, 5:33�pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:38:28 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote > in alt.atheism: > > > > > > >On Aug 1, 2:46?am, Stan-O <bndsna...(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:04:53 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> > >> wrote: > > >> >> Your goal posts move faster than the eye can follow, don't they? > >> >> No-one made the claim that "There is Nothing in the bible that can be > >> >> proven." > >> >> Several people pointed out that just because there is a tunnel where > >> >> the bible says there is a tunnel,doesnot mean that anything else it > >> >> said (even about the tunnel) is true. ?Because we would expect the > >> >> authors, (fiction authors or historians) to know about the tunnel back > >> >> then. ?They may not have known where it came from though, so we can't > >> >> trust their account of that until it has been established by other > >> >> methods. > > >> >> Al- Hide quoted text - > > >> >> - Show quoted text - > > >> >Well, I can trust their account. ?They were Jews, not atheists. > > >> Do you have to start every post with "Well"? It's quite annoying...- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > >Well, I don't have to, but I do. �If it annoys atheists, there must be > >a reason. �I learned that pattern of speech from Ronald Reagan. �Just > >look how successful Ronald Reagan was. > > Ronald Reagan was successful in deluding his followers. As a leader he > was mediocre at best. In honesty, he earned failing grades. I can see > why you would be proud to follow a liar.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Well, he always answered questions by starting with the word well. Nobody got upset when Ronald Reagan did it. So why does it bother you so much when I do it? Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 2 Aug 2008 09:22 On Aug 1, 5:34�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...(a)Joe.King.com> wrote: > "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message > > news:20f1e376-9a97-48d1-9da4-f7cf581dcafc(a)w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > On Aug 1, 4:39?am, hhyaps...(a)gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 31, 1:11?pm, rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > > > > > ============================ > > > > All Christs are false, even the first one. > > > > Well, I think that the best person to tell your idea would be Jesus > > > Christ. ?Why don't you take some time to tell him what you think when > > > he returns to judge the earth? > > > Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > Do you know that your mental illness is getting worse? > > You have no way to explain when asked, then you avoid like a scared > > dog losing its fight and ran with tail in between ?the legs.- Hide quoted > > text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > How did you come to this conclusion? > ================================== > We can all tell that you're as mad as a hatter and as thick as a housebrick > without us having any qualifications in psychiatry. > The evidence is in all your posts. > ======================================== > > Were you aware that trying to > practice psychiatry without a license is a felony? > ================================== > Show where is he PRACTISING psychiatry, skippy. > Any time that you declare a person insane you are practicing psychiatry. What the law requires you to do is to go to a court and submit a petition requesting the institutionalization of a person believed to be insane. Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 2 Aug 2008 09:28 On Aug 1, 7:15�pm, Stan-O <bndsna...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:28:28 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> > wrote: > > >> >> Anyone who will keep you from taking firearms and shooting at > >> >> imaginary Satans, since you've already referred to a couple of people > >> >> by that name... > > >> >I was not referring to people. ?I was referring to the evil spirit > >> >that had possessed people. > > >> I feel sorry for any children that you have. You'd probably take them > >> to an exorcist...- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > >There is no reason for me to take anyone to an exorcist. > > Oh sure, you say that NOW! Wait until you get a face full of pea soup! That would still not be a reason to take anyone to an exorcist. Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 2 Aug 2008 09:30
On Aug 1, 7:26�pm, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: > rbwinn wrote: > > On Aug 1, 6:47 am, Masked Avenger <cootey...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> rbwinn wrote: > > >> Does Schr dinger's cat have 18 half lives ?- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > Well, I could send you a copy of the Bible, and then you could decide > > for yourself instead of just repeating what other atheists say. > > So, you think that MA hasn't read the Bible? > If he did, he did not understand what he read. Robert B. Winn |