From: hhyapster on 10 Aug 2008 03:21 On Aug 10, 1:02 am, ben_dolan_...(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote: > rbwinn <rbwi...(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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - No, Ben. If we were to try to help and meet up with police party, they could put us into mental hospital as well. They have the record of winn.
From: hhyapster on 10 Aug 2008 03:24 On Aug 10, 1:27 am, rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Ok, that is close enough. The 1/3 that you mention is actually all loons who wish to be with your god. The 2/3 of population in this world do not have your god as lord, so good bye....tell us when, though.
From: hhyapster on 10 Aug 2008 03:32 On Aug 10, 5:47 am, rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote: > On 9 Aug, 13:47, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> >> 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? > > Well, you said you would never actively deny the existence of the > tooth fairy. Sort of like Harry Potter, right Steve? > I denied the existence of the tooth fairy as soon as I discovered it > was a conspiracy to make me look like a fool. > Robert B. Winn- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - No, you ARE a fool. And we also have 1% of your foolishness to try to talk to you sensibly.
From: Steve O on 10 Aug 2008 07:28 "Smiler" <Smiler(a)Joe.King.com> wrote in message news:ttrnk.157226$Lw1.138032(a)newsfe29.ams2... > > "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message > news:ec9ad4d1-e001-4588-b02a-706865c991a6(a)i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >> On 9 Aug, 13:47, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: >>> >> >> 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? >>> >> >> Well, you said you would never actively deny the existence of the >> tooth fairy. Sort of like Harry Potter, right Steve? No , wrong as usual. I didn't say we NEVER actively deny the existence of the Tooth Fairy, I said we DON'T actively deny the existence of the Tooth Fairy. You obviously don't understand the difference. -- Steve O a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter) B.A.A.W.A. Convicted by Earthquack Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence
From: Peacenik on 10 Aug 2008 07:33
"rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:c0390f3d-a62e-4a38-92c1-3d25829084c2(a)i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... On Aug 9, 6:23�pm, DanielSan <daniel...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: >> >> Is God-belief superior to leprechaun-belief? > > God is real. Leprechauns are fictional. What led you to this conclusion, given that the evidence for either one is equally non-existent? |