Does God need to prove He exists?
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From: Steve O on 9 Aug 2008 06:41 "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:f6bf1cdb-0ee6-4ded-95f5-83951744a7ef(a)b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > On 8 Aug, 18:46, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: >> rbwinn wrote: >> > On 7 Aug, 21:06, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: >> >> rbwinn wrote: >> >>> On 7 Aug, 20:20, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: >> >>>> rbwinn wrote: >> >>>>> On 7 Aug, 19:01, hhyaps...(a)gmail.com wrote: >> >>>>>> On Aug 7, 9:45 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> never appoint Steve to be our spokesman. >> >>>>>>>>> You have confused with the message that Steve was putting >> >>>>>>>>> across. >> >>>>>>>>> You have never see the point that any story can make reference >> >>>>>>>>> to an >> >>>>>>>>> existing object, place, event, people, government, race, animal >> >>>>>>>>> and >> >>>>>>>>> etc, but the tales are made up (imagined). This is exactly what >> >>>>>>>>> Harry >> >>>>>>>>> Potter did. >> >>>>>>>>> So, if the Harry Potter referred to London, does it make the >> >>>>>>>>> character >> >>>>>>>>> in the tales real? >> >>>>>>>>> The bible that you value so much is also the same as Harry >> >>>>>>>>> Potter, >> >>>>>>>>> tales imagined in someone's head.- Hide quoted text - >> >>>>>>> The construction of the tunnel is described in the Bible. The >> >>>>>>> Assyrians were invading Judea and had taken several cities. The >> >>>>>>> Jews >> >>>>>>> at Jerusalem decided to hide the water from Gihon spring because >> >>>>>>> they >> >>>>>>> did not want the Assyrians using that water when they besieged >> >>>>>>> Jerusalem, so they CONSTRUCTED a conduit for water to take the >> >>>>>>> water >> >>>>>>> to the pool of Siloam inside Jerusalem. They used picks and >> >>>>>>> shovels, >> >>>>>>> as is explained in the inscription they left on the wall of the >> >>>>>>> tunnel, written in ancient Hebrew. The fact that they wrote in >> >>>>>>> ancient Hebrew shows that the tunnel was made before the >> >>>>>>> Babylonian >> >>>>>>> captivity which took place in 600 B.C. The Assyrian invasion took >> >>>>>>> place in 701 B.C. >> >>>>>>> Robert B. Winn >> >>>>>> So, the bible tales were written after the existence of tunnel, >> >>>>>> right? >> >>>>>> Your Harry Potter stories also was written after the existence of >> >>>>>> London . >> >>>>> No, the book of Isaiah was being written while the tunnel was being >> >>>>> dug. >> >>>> I'm thinking about writing a story about leprechauns. Down my way is >> >>>> a >> >>>> transit center that is going to be built. I'm going to write a story >> >>>> about leprechauns helping the construction workers build the transit >> >>>> center. >> >>>> Once the transit center is built, do leprechauns exist? >> >>> I knew a guy who was an alcoholic. He and his wife used to get drunk >> >>> and see all kinds of little men. >> >> Did the little men exist? >> >> > According to this guy and his wife, they could both see the little >> > men. >> >> Answer the question. �Do the little men exist? >> > Well, they were not little men. They were evil spirits. > Robert B. Winn You mean whiskey is more evil than vodka? -- Steve O a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter) B.A.A.W.A. Convicted by Earthquack Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence
From: Ben Dolan on 9 Aug 2008 14:02 rbwinn <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote: > On 8 Aug, 07:12, ben_dolan_...(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > > rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > > > Well, what I would say to you atheists is, show that you are really > > > serious about what you say. ?Go to the court where you live and > > > petition for the institutionalization of a person believed to be > > > insane. ?Otherwise you are just like any other atheist. ?You talk > > > quite a bit but never do anything. > > > > Sounds to me like a cry for help... > > > > But then again, you have more experience in this area, so I defer to > > your, shall we say, "greater knowledge" about matters of involuntary > > committment. > > Well, I just hate to see people talking and not doing anything, Ben. And what is it, then, that you are "doing", child? > If you really believe something, you should be willing to do > something. We don't live in the same state, much less the same community. So while I'd like to help you back into a mental institution, I'm afraid you'll have to find your own way. Perhaps if you tell us your address in Arizona, someone here is close enough to help you.
From: rbwinn on 9 Aug 2008 14:27 On 9 Aug, 03:35, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: > "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message > > news:4f79b964-3512-4992-bc67-6b9855148eef(a)26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com... > > > > > You think the tsunami was bad, wait until some real disasters > > happen. � What the book of Revelation says is that atheists will curse > > God and die rather than repent of their sins. > > Robert B. Winn > > We are fully aware that Robert has mental health problems. > However, I have heard supposedly sane and rational people say much the same > thing as he says above. > Frightening isn't it? > Is there any way to distinguish a normal, healthy - minded person from a > sick one when both of them are saying more or less the same thing? > Well, all I am saying is that you atheists have not seen anything yet. The book of Revelation says that 1/3 of the people on earth are going to die at one time. You would think that might get the attention of atheists, but the prophecy is that they will curse God and die instead of repenting of their sins. Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 9 Aug 2008 14:33 On 9 Aug, 03:41, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: > "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message > > news:f6bf1cdb-0ee6-4ded-95f5-83951744a7ef(a)b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > > On 8 Aug, 18:46, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: > >> rbwinn wrote: > >> > On 7 Aug, 21:06, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: > >> >> rbwinn wrote: > >> >>> On 7 Aug, 20:20, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: > >> >>>> rbwinn wrote: > >> >>>>> On 7 Aug, 19:01, hhyaps...(a)gmail.com wrote: > >> >>>>>> On Aug 7, 9:45 pm, rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > >> >>>>>>>>> never appoint Steve to be our spokesman. > >> >>>>>>>>> You have confused with the message that Steve was putting > >> >>>>>>>>> across. > >> >>>>>>>>> You have never see the point that any story can make reference > >> >>>>>>>>> to an > >> >>>>>>>>> existing object, place, event, people, government, race, animal > >> >>>>>>>>> and > >> >>>>>>>>> etc, but the tales are made up (imagined). This is exactly what > >> >>>>>>>>> Harry > >> >>>>>>>>> Potter did. > >> >>>>>>>>> So, if the Harry Potter referred to London, does it make the > >> >>>>>>>>> character > >> >>>>>>>>> in the tales real? > >> >>>>>>>>> The bible that you value so much is also the same as Harry > >> >>>>>>>>> Potter, > >> >>>>>>>>> tales imagined in someone's head.- Hide quoted text - > >> >>>>>>> The construction of the tunnel is described in the Bible. The > >> >>>>>>> Assyrians were invading Judea and had taken several cities. The > >> >>>>>>> Jews > >> >>>>>>> at Jerusalem decided to hide the water from Gihon spring because > >> >>>>>>> they > >> >>>>>>> did not want the Assyrians using that water when they besieged > >> >>>>>>> Jerusalem, so they CONSTRUCTED a conduit for water to take the > >> >>>>>>> water > >> >>>>>>> to the pool of Siloam inside Jerusalem. They used picks and > >> >>>>>>> shovels, > >> >>>>>>> as is explained in the inscription they left on the wall of the > >> >>>>>>> tunnel, written in ancient Hebrew. The fact that they wrote in > >> >>>>>>> ancient Hebrew shows that the tunnel was made before the > >> >>>>>>> Babylonian > >> >>>>>>> captivity which took place in 600 B.C. The Assyrian invasion took > >> >>>>>>> place in 701 B.C. > >> >>>>>>> Robert B. Winn > >> >>>>>> So, the bible tales were written after the existence of tunnel, > >> >>>>>> right? > >> >>>>>> Your Harry Potter stories also was written after the existence of > >> >>>>>> London . > >> >>>>> No, the book of Isaiah was being written while the tunnel was being > >> >>>>> dug. > >> >>>> I'm thinking about writing a story about leprechauns. Down my way is > >> >>>> a > >> >>>> transit center that is going to be built. I'm going to write a story > >> >>>> about leprechauns helping the construction workers build the transit > >> >>>> center. > >> >>>> Once the transit center is built, do leprechauns exist? > >> >>> I knew a guy who was an alcoholic. He and his wife used to get drunk > >> >>> and see all kinds of little men. > >> >> Did the little men exist? > > >> > According to this guy and his wife, they could both see the little > >> > men. > > >> Answer the question. Do the little men exist? > > > Well, they were not little men. �They were evil spirits. > > Robert B. Winn > > You mean whiskey is more evil than vodka? > Well, I would not think so. My neighbors have some adopted children who are from Russia. Their parents locked them in a closet and went on a drunk. The baby died, but the older children survived. Robert B. Winn
From: Steve O on 9 Aug 2008 16:47
>> >> I don't actively deny the existence of God. I'm too busy to do that. >> >> >> -- >> > So why do you call yourself an atheist? >> > Robert B. Winn >> >> Robert, we don't actively deny God for the same reason we don't actively >> deny the existence of the Tooth Fairy. >> I don't expect you to understand this. >> >> -- > Well, if you want to believe in the tooth Fairy, that would be your > choice to make. > Robert B. Winn When did I claim that I want to believe in the Tooth Fairy? Looks like I was right when I said you wouldn't understand, doesn't it? -- Steve O a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter) B.A.A.W.A. Convicted by Earthquack Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence |