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Guest Pastor Frank
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"Tuco Ramirez" <tucodrat@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On Apr 3, 2:59 pm, "Bill M" <w...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>

>> The simplest and most obvious evidence that there are no gods is the

>> actual

>> existence of millions of atheists.

>> If a god existed that was mean and intolerant it would simply kill the

>> atheists and send them to his Hell.

>> If a loving and caring god existed it would it would directly communicate

>> his existence, wishes and commands to the atheists to convince them of

>> its

>> existence. No loving and caring god would keep himself hidden causing the

>> atheists to spend eternity in his Hell.

>

> What if he is neither "mean and intolerant" or "caring and loving"?

>

Bill is in the habit to ignore our God incarnate, Jesus Christ

"communicating His existence" well enough, and he forgets, that we killed

Him for it.

 

 

 

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Guest JessHC
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H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> "Scott Richter" <scottrichter422@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> > H. Wm. Esque <HEsque@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> >

> > > I saw this in alt religion.

> > > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> > > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

> >

> > Translation: "I see nothing because I stand on the shoulders of

> > intellectual midgets..."

> >

> If you are such of a Giant, where is your evidence. I make

> _no_ claim. But whoever or whatever entitled the original

> post, is claiming to possess evidence of no Gods.

> If he/she or it cannot present this evidence the only

> conclusion is he/she or it is lying.

 

Nice try. You're making an implicit claim; that evidence is required

to prove the nonexistence of deities. That's called "shifting the

burden of proof." The way things work in the real world is that one

looks around, notes the TOTAL LACK of evidence for deities, and

concludes there's no legitimate reason to accept any theists

unsupported assertion that they exist.

 

And in fact, the original poster pointed out that the lack of evidence

of a loving god is evidence that that specific god doesn't exist,

since if it did exist as described and truly wanted everybody to go to

heaven, it would provide the evidence each individual requires. That

such evidence is not provided proves that the specific deity described

doesn't exist.

Guest JessHC
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rbwinn wrote:

> On Apr 15, 5:40?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> > rbwinn wrote:

> > > On Apr 14, 10:58?pm, John Baker <n...@bizniz.net> wrote:

> > > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:02:44 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

> > > > <HEs...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> >

> > > > >"JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > > > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> >

> > > > >> rbwinn wrote:

> > > > >> > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> > > > >> > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > > > >> > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

> >

> > > > >> > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

> > > > >give them...

> >

> > > > >> > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

> > > > >> > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

> >

> > > > >> > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

> > > > >Jesus coming back!

> >

> > > > >> > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

> > > > >who keep their word.

> >

> > > > >> You're talking about fictional characters again?

> >

> > > > >I saw this in alt religion.

> > > > >Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> > > > >I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

> >

> > > > The "argument" that there's no evidence that God does not exist is a

> > > > logical fallacy. Of course there's no evidence that God doesn't exist.

> > > > There's no evidence that anything doesn't exist. That isn't how it

> > > > works. Quite simply, there's no such thing as evidence that something

> > > > doesn't exist. Be it gods, unicorns, elves, fairies or theists'

> > > > critical thinking skills, nonexistence is inferred from a lack of

> > > > evidence that the thing in question does exist.

> >

> > > > So you see, the question of God's existence doesn't rest on whether or

> > > > not there's any evidence that he doesn't exist, but rather on

> > > > whether or not there's any evidence that he does exist, and, despite

> > > > the rather frequent claims by theists to the contrary, there simply

> > > > isn't. There is , on the other hand, an abundant lack of evidence.

> >

> > > > Yes, I know you think Martin Rees' "brute facts", as you insist on

> > > > calling them, prove the existence of some sort of creator, and other

> > > > theists will point to other "evidence" they believe proves their case,

> > > > but it's all smoke and mirrors. Just your (and their) subjective

> > > > interpretation of data that can be explained as well or better in

> > > > purely naturalistic terms. Wishful thinking, nothing more.

> >

> > > > I don't begrudge you or any other theist your beliefs, I honestly

> > > > don't. If believing in a creator makes you feel better about life,

> > > > about yourself, or about what you see as your "ultimate destiny",

> > > > that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. But please, don't waste

> > > > our time and yours with logical fallacies, subjective interpretations

> > > > and unsupported assertions. Anything can be interpreted as

> > > > evidence for a creator, but that doesn't mean it actually is.

> >

> > > Well, I think that the best evidence that there is a God is the fact

> > > that you cannot make Him disintegrate with your disclaimers. ?You seem

> > > to have no power over his existence whatsoever. ?God is like the Bible

> > > in one way. ?No matter what atheists say about the Bible, it continues

> > > to exist and says what it was written to say. ?No matter what atheists

> > > say about God, He continues to exist. ?Well, time for Bible study. ?If

> > > you run into any atheists who want to talk about the theory of

> > > relativity, let me know.

> >

> > So your assertion is that all "holy" writings that exist are true?

> > You think that's an intelligent position?- Hide quoted text -

> >

> Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as scripture would be true.

 

Well, golly, you didn't bother to even read my question, did you? Or

did your deity write ALL holy writings around the world?

 

So how do you explain the fact that it has been thoroughly proven that

asking for anything in Jesus' name does absolutely nothing? There are

no qualifiers; there is no weasley "unless god doesn't want to, " or

"this only works for the apostles."

 

John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,

that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any

thing in my name, I will do it.

 

How do you explain that there must be a 2000+ year old person walking

around?

 

Matthew 16:28

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not

taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

 

How do you explain that bats must be birds, or cows must chew their

cud?

 

Gosh, the list goes on and on.

> Do you think it is an intelligent position to deny the existence of God?

 

Of course, since there has never been any objective, verifiable

evidence supporting the assertion, and since the deity described is

logically contradictory.

Guest H. Wm. Esque
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"Scott Richter" <scottrichter422@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> H. Wm. Esque <HEsque@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

> > I saw this in alt religion.

> > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>

> Translation: "I see nothing because I stand on the shoulders of

> intellectual midgets..."

>

If you are such of a Giant, where is your evidence. I make

_no_ claim. But whoever or whatever entitled the original

post, is claiming to possess evidence of no Gods.

If he/she or it cannot present this evidence the only

conclusion is he/she or it is lying.

Guest JessHC
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H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> "JessHC" <jesshc@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

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> >

> > H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> > > "JessHC" <jesshc@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > > news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> > > >

> > > > rbwinn wrote:

> > > > > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> > > > > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > > > > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose

> to

> > > give them...

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus

> Christ

> > > > > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap

> about

> > > Jesus coming back!

> > > > >

> > > > > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are

> people

> > > who keep their word.

> > > >

> > > > You're talking about fictional characters again?

> > > >

> > > I saw this in alt religion.

> >

> > So? Does that make your fictional character real?

> >

> > > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> >

> > How do you propose the nonexistence of deities be proven?

> >

> I don't. I made no such claim. So. I have nothing to prove.

> The burden of disproof rest not on me. Try as you might

> you cannot disprove this claim. Therefore, since you

> cannot and I have made no claims, then obviously no one

> has any burden of proof. It isn't required.

 

So when you asked " Where is the simple evidence of no God?," you were

just blowing smoke? In fact, the burden of proof rests on the

positive claimant; in this case, the one asserting deities exist.

There are only two possibilities; either they do or they don't. If

there is no objective, verifiable evidence pointing to them, then

there is no reason to accept the assertion that they exist.

Additionally, if it can be demonstrated that a specific deity is

logically contradictory, that deity can be dismissed as nonexistent.

There is a whole list of logical contradictions for the xian deity.

> > The xian bible makes claims about the xian deities that can be proven false;

> > e.g., Jesus says one can have anything one wants by asking for it in

> > Jesus' name, but that claim has been repeatedly proven false. Of

> > course, you're welcome to claim that Jesus lied or the bible is wrong,

> > but that doesn't really support your assertion of the existence of

> > deities, does it? How many deities should anyone be expected to prove

> > nonexistent before disbelieving in them? There is NO OBJECTIVE,

> > VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE OF ANY DEITIES. ANYWHERE. EVER. In light of

> > that inconvenient fact, it isn't reasonable, nor is it my

> > responsibility, to prove your particular deity exists; it is yours to

> > prove it does, otherwise there's no legitimate reason for anyone to

> > accept the assertion.

> >

> > > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

> >

> > I have yet to see proof of the claim that you don't owe me a million

> > dollars, so I'm expecting a check.

> >

> > What's even more unfortunate is nobody anywhere has ever seen any

> > objective, verifiable evidence for ANY deity, let alone yours.

> >

Guest JessHC
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H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> "JessHC" <jesshc@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

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> >

> > H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> > > "JessHC" <jesshc@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > > news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> > > >

> > > > You're talking about fictional characters again?

> > > >

> > > I saw this in alt religion.

> >

> > So? Does that make your fictional character real?

 

No answer?

> > > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> >

> > How do you propose the nonexistence of deities be proven? The xian

> > bible makes claims about the xian deities that can be proven false;

> > e.g., Jesus says one can have anything one wants by asking for it in

> > Jesus' name, but that claim has been repeatedly proven false. Of

> > course, you're welcome to claim that Jesus lied or the bible is wrong,

> > but that doesn't really support your assertion of the existence of

> > deities, does it? How many deities should anyone be expected to prove

> > nonexistent before disbelieving in them? There is NO OBJECTIVE,

> > VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE OF ANY DEITIES. ANYWHERE. EVER. In light of

> > that inconvenient fact, it isn't reasonable, nor is it my

> > responsibility, to prove your particular deity exists; it is yours to

> > prove it does, otherwise there's no legitimate reason for anyone to

> > accept the assertion.

> >

> As far as I can determine this post isn't addressed to me.

 

How disingenuous of you. I'll repeat the question: How do you

propose the nonexistence of deities be proven, in light of the fact

that the xian bible makes claims about the xian dieites that can be

proven false? It seems a straightforward question to me.

> > > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

> >

> > I have yet to see proof of the claim that you don't owe me a million

> > dollars, so I'm expecting a check.

> >

> I have seen no claim either way, therefore neither of us has the

> burden of proof. You can claim I owe you a million dollars, but

> it isn't my responsibility to prove I do not.

 

And yet, you keep asking for evidence of no god. "Where is the simple

evidence of no God?" were your exact words.

> Neither is it yours.

> OTOH if I am the IRS, and I claim you owe the IRS a million $s

> then the burden of proof is on you.

 

No, it isn't. It is the IRS's job to prove I owe the money; they are

making the claim, and I'm disagreeing with them. It's in my interest

to defend myself from the claim.

> > What's even more unfortunate is nobody anywhere has ever seen any

> > objective, verifiable evidence for ANY deity, let alone yours.

> >

> I made no such claim.

 

"Where is the simple evidence of no God?" You're trying to shift the

burden of proof.

Guest JessHC
Posted

rbwinn wrote:

> On Apr 15, 5:33?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> > H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> > > "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> >

> > > > rbwinn wrote:

> > > > > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> > > > > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > > > > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

> >

> > > > > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

> > > give them...

> >

> > > > > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

> > > > > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

> >

> > > > > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

> > > Jesus coming back!

> >

> > > > > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

> > > who keep their word.

> >

> > > > You're talking about fictional characters again?

> >

> > > I saw this in alt religion.

> >

> > So? ?Does that make your fictional character real?

> >

> > > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> >

> > How do you propose the nonexistence of deities be proven? ?The xian

> > bible makes claims about the xian deities that can be proven false;

> > e.g., Jesus says one can have anything one wants by asking for it in

> > Jesus' name, but that claim has been repeatedly proven false. ?Of

> > course, you're welcome to claim that Jesus lied or the bible is wrong,

> > but that doesn't really support your assertion of the existence of

> > deities, does it? ?How many deities should anyone be expected to prove

> > nonexistent before disbelieving in them? ?There is NO OBJECTIVE,

> > VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE OF ANY DEITIES. ?ANYWHERE. ?EVER. ?In light of

> > that inconvenient fact, it isn't reasonable, nor is it my

> > responsibility, to prove your particular deity exists; it is yours to

> > prove it does, otherwise there's no legitimate reason for anyone to

> > accept the assertion.

> >

> > > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

> >

> > I have yet to see proof of the claim that you don't owe me a million

> > dollars, so I'm expecting a check.

> >

> > What's even more unfortunate is nobody anywhere has ever seen any

> > objective, verifiable evidence for ANY deity, let alone yours.- Hide quoted text -

> >

> > - Show quoted text -

>

> Well, the religion I belong to has evidence that would stand up in

> court.

 

Then why, in 2000+ years, has nobody presented it?

Guest rbwinn
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On Apr 15, 9:30�am, Free Lunch <l...@nofreelunch.us> wrote:

> On 15 Apr 2007 09:26:55 -0700, in alt.atheism

> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in

> <1176654415.157086.69...@y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>:

>

>

>

>

>

> >On Apr 15, 5:40?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> >> rbwinn wrote:

> >> > On Apr 14, 10:58?pm, John Baker <n...@bizniz.net> wrote:

> >> > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:02:44 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

> >> > > <HEs...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

> >> > > >"JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> >> > > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>

> >> > > >> rbwinn wrote:

> >> > > >> > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> >> > > >> > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> >> > > >> > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>

> >> > > >> > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

> >> > > >give them...

>

> >> > > >> > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

> >> > > >> > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>

> >> > > >> > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

> >> > > >Jesus coming back!

>

> >> > > >> > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

> >> > > >who keep their word.

>

> >> > > >> You're talking about fictional characters again?

>

> >> > > >I saw this in alt religion.

> >> > > >Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> >> > > >I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>

> >> > > The "argument" that there's no evidence that God does not exist is a

> >> > > logical fallacy. Of course there's no evidence that God doesn't exist.

> >> > > There's no evidence that anything doesn't exist. That isn't how it

> >> > > works. Quite simply, there's no such thing as evidence that something

> >> > > doesn't exist. Be it gods, unicorns, elves, fairies or theists'

> >> > > critical thinking skills, nonexistence is inferred from a lack of

> >> > > evidence that the thing in question does exist.

>

> >> > > So you see, the question of God's existence doesn't rest on whether or

> >> > > not there's any evidence that he doesn't exist, but rather on

> >> > > whether or not there's any evidence that he does exist, and, despite

> >> > > the rather frequent claims by theists to the contrary, there simply

> >> > > isn't. There is , on the other hand, an abundant lack of evidence.

>

> >> > > Yes, I know you think Martin Rees' "brute facts", as you insist on

> >> > > calling them, prove the existence of some sort of creator, and other

> >> > > theists will point to other "evidence" they believe proves their case,

> >> > > but it's all smoke and mirrors. Just your (and their) subjective

> >> > > interpretation of data that can be explained as well or better in

> >> > > purely naturalistic terms. Wishful thinking, nothing more.

>

> >> > > I don't begrudge you or any other theist your beliefs, I honestly

> >> > > don't. If believing in a creator makes you feel better about life,

> >> > > about yourself, or about what you see as your "ultimate destiny",

> >> > > that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. But please, don't waste

> >> > > our time and yours with logical fallacies, subjective interpretations

> >> > > and unsupported assertions. Anything can be interpreted as

> >> > > evidence for a creator, but that doesn't mean it actually is.

>

> >> > Well, I think that the best evidence that there is a God is the fact

> >> > that you cannot make Him disintegrate with your disclaimers.

Guest rbwinn
Posted

On Apr 15, 9:55?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as

> > scripture would be true.

>

> Not sure which is funnier, the first part of that sentence or the

> second...

>

> > Do you think it is an intelligent position to deny the existence of God?

>

> It most certainly is. Don't you know that?

 

Well, why don't you explain your idea to Jesus Christ when he returns

to judge the earth?

Robert B. Winn

Guest Jeckyl
Posted

"Free Lunch" <lunch@nofreelunch.us> wrote in message

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> On 15 Apr 2007 09:26:55 -0700, in alt.atheism

> "rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in

>>Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as

>>scripture would be true.

 

If God is all powerful, he can lie. He can certainly change his mind.

>>Do you think it is an intelligent position

>>to deny the existence of God?

 

It is an intelligent position to say that we cannot say whether or not God

exists as we do not know what God is, or in what sense he exists, nor do we

have any proof of his existence or non-existense. Until those things are

defined and proof is found, we do not know.

 

However, they evidence we do have strongly supports the premise that the God

defined in the Bible does not exist, or at best that he is ineffectual.

Guest John Baker
Posted

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:13:46 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

<HEsque@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

>"Scott Richter" <scottrichter422@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>news:1hwluzq.nj2ssg13dgxkxN%scottrichter422@yahoo.com...

>> H. Wm. Esque <HEsque@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>

>> > I saw this in alt religion.

>> > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

>> > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>>

>> Translation: "I see nothing because I stand on the shoulders of

>> intellectual midgets..."

>>

>If you are such of a Giant, where is your evidence. I make

>_no_ claim. But whoever or whatever entitled the original

>post, is claiming to possess evidence of no Gods.

>If he/she or it cannot present this evidence the only

>conclusion is he/she or it is lying.

 

<sigh> Do you really not get it, H. Willie, or are you just

pretending to be stupid?

 

Once more, with feeling: there is no such thing as evidence that

something doesn't exist

 

There is either evidence for existence or there is not. If there

is evidence (and I mean real evidence, H. Willie, not the bullshit

you God-botherers peddle), then we know the thing exists, or at least

can assume it probably does, depending on the amount of evidence

available. If there is no real, testable objective evidence that the

thing in question exists, then the logical assumption (and the default

position) is to assume that it does not.

 

Got that, H. Willie?

 

>

Guest Scott Richter
Posted

rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote:

> Explain your choice to God, not to me. I am not here to judge choices.

 

That's all you've been doing since you arrived...

Guest Scott Richter
Posted

rbwinn <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote:

> > > Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as

> > > scripture would be true.

> >

> > Not sure which is funnier, the first part of that sentence or the

> > second...

> >

> > > Do you think it is an intelligent position to deny the existence of God?

> >

> > It most certainly is. Don't you know that?

>

> Well, why don't you explain your idea to Jesus Christ when he returns

> to judge the earth?

 

Sure, Skippy, right after I explain it to Santa Claus and the Tooth

Fairy...

Guest Jeckyl
Posted

"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message

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>On Apr 15, 5:34?am, "Jeckyl" <n...@nowhere.com> wrote:

>> Again. . you have nothing worthwhile to offer .. your equations have been

>> soundly shown to be self-contradictory and they simply do not correspond

>> with reality.

>>

>> If you have something worthwhile to contribute, please do so. Maybe

>> express

>> some opinions on God if you like. But keep your nonsense 'physics' out of

>> it .. and your continual lies .. unless you enjoy being shown to be a

>> fool

>> every time you post it, as your have for a decade already.

> So why does it make you

 

[snip more lies]

 

I've already explained several times, in simple enough language for an

uneducated welder to understand, that there is NO shrinkage or crushing of

railway tracks or trains, they maintain their proper length. You're just

too STUPID to understand that simple fact ,, or you're a LIAR.. I think both

given your current 'track' record.

 

Again. . you have nothing to offer. Come back when you do .. it will be a

long wait.

 

Now, go away little third-grader.

Guest Jeckyl
Posted

"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message

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On Apr 15, 5:40?am, "Jeckyl" <n...@nowhere.com> wrote:

>> Go back to the dark ages where you belong.- Hide quoted text -

>

> But, hey,

 

[snip more lies]

> You put a lot of time and effort into them.

 

Yes .. many years of study. You should try learning and understanding ..

instead of preaching lies .. anyone would think you were a christian

minister

 

You have shown that once again you have nothing worthwhile ot say .. and

continue to say it. Go away and come back when you've put a bit of effort

into some genuine and correct physics, or if you have some opinions on

topics you have some knowledge about, like welding.

 

I won't hold my breath for that miracle though.

Guest John Baker
Posted

On 15 Apr 2007 00:07:41 -0700, "rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote:

>On Apr 14, 10:58?pm, John Baker <n...@bizniz.net> wrote:

>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:02:44 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> <HEs...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>

>> >"JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

>> >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>>

>> >> rbwinn wrote:

>> >> > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

>> >> > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

>> >> > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>>

>> >> > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

>> >give them...

>>

>> >> > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

>> >> > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>>

>> >> > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

>> >Jesus coming back!

>>

>> >> > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

>> >who keep their word.

>>

>> >> You're talking about fictional characters again?

>>

>> >I saw this in alt religion.

>> >Where is the simple evidence of no God?

>> >I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>>

>> The "argument" that there's no evidence that God does not exist is a

>> logical fallacy. Of course there's no evidence that God doesn't exist.

>> There's no evidence that anything doesn't exist. That isn't how it

>> works. Quite simply, there's no such thing as evidence that something

>> doesn't exist. Be it gods, unicorns, elves, fairies or theists'

>> critical thinking skills, nonexistence is inferred from a lack of

>> evidence that the thing in question does exist.

>>

>> So you see, the question of God's existence doesn't rest on whether or

>> not there's any evidence that he doesn't exist, but rather on

>> whether or not there's any evidence that he does exist, and, despite

>> the rather frequent claims by theists to the contrary, there simply

>> isn't. There is , on the other hand, an abundant lack of evidence.

>>

>> Yes, I know you think Martin Rees' "brute facts", as you insist on

>> calling them, prove the existence of some sort of creator, and other

>> theists will point to other "evidence" they believe proves their case,

>> but it's all smoke and mirrors. Just your (and their) subjective

>> interpretation of data that can be explained as well or better in

>> purely naturalistic terms. Wishful thinking, nothing more.

>>

>> I don't begrudge you or any other theist your beliefs, I honestly

>> don't. If believing in a creator makes you feel better about life,

>> about yourself, or about what you see as your "ultimate destiny",

>> that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. But please, don't waste

>> our time and yours with logical fallacies, subjective interpretations

>> and unsupported assertions. Anything can be interpreted as

>> evidence for a creator, but that doesn't mean it actually is.

>>

>Well, I think that the best evidence that there is a God is the fact

>that you cannot make Him disintegrate with your disclaimers.

 

I can't make your belief disintegrate, but I didn't expect to. Nor

do I want to. As long as you keep your beliefs to yourself, they do me

no harm.

>You seem

>to have no power over his existence whatsoever.

 

Nor do you, Robert. All the belief in the world won't make him real.

>God is like the Bible

>in one way. No matter what atheists say about the Bible, it continues

>to exist and says what it was written to say. No matter what atheists

>say about God, He continues to exist. Well, time for Bible study. If

>you run into any atheists who want to talk about the theory of

>relativity, let me know.

 

And I'm sure, intellectual giant that you are, your understanding of

relativity is every bit as firm as your grasp of the nature of

evidence. <G>

 

>Robert B. Winn

Guest rbwinn
Posted

On Apr 15, 1:18�pm, "Mike" <mat...@hofstra.edu> wrote:

> On Apr 14, 8:17 pm, "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

>

>

>

> > Billions of mathematicians and scientists and other people all over

> > the world have studied abortion and found nothing wrong with it.

>

> Silly comparison.

Guest Jeckyl
Posted

"John Baker" <nunya@bizniz.net> wrote in message

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> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:13:46 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

> <HEsque@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Once more, with feeling: there is no such thing as evidence that

> something doesn't exist

 

Well .. that's not _completely_ true.

 

If the definition of something is explicit enough that it is possible to

have a finite, exhaustible set of observations. Eg. I can easily disproof

the existence of "The giant yellow frog that lives in my left shoe" by

looking in my left shoe and observing it is not there .. as by definition

that is the only place it can exist, I can proof it does not.

 

Another way is, for example, how we can show there is evidence that "the

pink bunny of death that completely destroyed our universe" does not exists

... because the universe is still here.

 

That is you can prove something does not exist if there are things one can

observe that are only observable if the something does not exist. Ie if you

have P=>Q, and you have ! Q, then you know ! P.

 

Although one cannot proof there is no gods at all (especially as 'god' is

not a well defined term), it is feasible to disprove a particular God (eg

the Christian God) if one knows enough about it. When such evidence is

presented, the only way then for a Christian to avoid that being a proof of

the non-existence of the Christian God is the "true Scotsman" logical

fallacy of redefining God. The problem with that is that you can end up

redefining God to be an ineffectual nothing .. and not the God that

Christians claim to worship.

Guest rbwinn
Posted

On Apr 15, 3:12�pm, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> rbwinn wrote:

> > On Apr 15, 5:40?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> > > rbwinn wrote:

> > > > On Apr 14, 10:58?pm, John Baker <n...@bizniz.net> wrote:

> > > > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:02:44 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

> > > > > <HEs...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

> > > > > >"JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > > > > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>

> > > > > >> rbwinn wrote:

> > > > > >> > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> > > > > >> > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > > > > >> > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>

> > > > > >> > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

> > > > > >give them...

>

> > > > > >> > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

> > > > > >> > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>

> > > > > >> > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

> > > > > >Jesus coming back!

>

> > > > > >> > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

> > > > > >who keep their word.

>

> > > > > >> You're talking about fictional characters again?

>

> > > > > >I saw this in alt religion.

> > > > > >Where is the simple evidence of no God?

> > > > > >I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>

> > > > > The "argument" that there's no evidence that God does not exist is a

> > > > > logical fallacy. Of course there's no evidence that God doesn't exist.

> > > > > There's no evidence that anything doesn't exist. That isn't how it

> > > > > works. Quite simply, there's no such thing as evidence that something

> > > > > doesn't exist. Be it gods, unicorns, elves, fairies or theists'

> > > > > critical thinking skills, nonexistence is inferred from a lack of

> > > > > evidence that the thing in question does exist.

>

> > > > > So you see, the question of God's existence doesn't rest on whether or

> > > > > not there's any evidence that he doesn't exist, but rather on

> > > > > whether or not there's any evidence that he does exist, and, despite

> > > > > the rather frequent claims by theists to the contrary, there simply

> > > > > isn't. There is , on the other hand, an abundant lack of evidence.

>

> > > > > Yes, I know you think Martin Rees' "brute facts", as you insist on

> > > > > calling them, prove the existence of some sort of creator, and other

> > > > > theists will point to other "evidence" they believe proves their case,

> > > > > but it's all smoke and mirrors. Just your (and their) subjective

> > > > > interpretation of data that can be explained as well or better in

> > > > > purely naturalistic terms. Wishful thinking, nothing more.

>

> > > > > I don't begrudge you or any other theist your beliefs, I honestly

> > > > > don't. If believing in a creator makes you feel better about life,

> > > > > about yourself, or about what you see as your "ultimate destiny",

> > > > > that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. But please, don't waste

> > > > > our time and yours with logical fallacies, subjective interpretations

> > > > > and unsupported assertions. Anything can be interpreted as

> > > > > evidence for a creator, but that doesn't mean it actually is.

>

> > > > Well, I think that the best evidence that there is a God is the fact

> > > > that you cannot make Him disintegrate with your disclaimers. ?You seem

> > > > to have no power over his existence whatsoever. ?God is like the Bible

> > > > in one way. ?No matter what atheists say about the Bible, it continues

> > > > to exist and says what it was written to say. ?No matter what atheists

> > > > say about God, He continues to exist. ?Well, time for Bible study. ?If

> > > > you run into any atheists who want to talk about the theory of

> > > > relativity, let me know.

>

> > > So your assertion is that all "holy" writings that exist are true?

> > > You think that's an intelligent position?- Hide quoted text -

>

> > Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as scripture would be true.

>

> Well, golly, you didn't bother to even read my question, did you?

Guest rbwinn
Posted

On Apr 15, 3:29�pm, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> > "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> >news:1176640427.794998.147610@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>

> > > H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> > > > "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>

> > > > > rbwinn wrote:

> > > > > > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> > > > > > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > > > > > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>

> > > > > > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose

> > to

> > > > give them...

>

> > > > > > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus

> > Christ

> > > > > > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>

> > > > > > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap

> > about

> > > > Jesus coming back!

>

> > > > > > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are

> > people

> > > > who keep their word.

>

> > > > > You're talking about fictional characters again?

>

> > > > I saw this in alt religion.

>

> > > So?

Guest rbwinn
Posted

On Apr 15, 3:30?pm, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> rbwinn wrote:

> > On Apr 15, 5:33?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

> > > H. Wm. Esque wrote:

> > > > "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

> > > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>

> > > > > rbwinn wrote:

> > > > > > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

> > > > > > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

> > > > > > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>

> > > > > > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

> > > > give them...

>

> > > > > > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

> > > > > > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>

> > > > > > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

> > > > Jesus coming back!

>

> > > > > > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

> > > > who keep their word.

>

> > > > > You're talking about fictional characters again?

>

> > > > I saw this in alt religion.

>

> > > So? ?Does that make your fictional character real?

>

> > > > Where is the simple evidence of no God?

>

> > > How do you propose the nonexistence of deities be proven? ?The xian

> > > bible makes claims about the xian deities that can be proven false;

> > > e.g., Jesus says one can have anything one wants by asking for it in

> > > Jesus' name, but that claim has been repeatedly proven false. ?Of

> > > course, you're welcome to claim that Jesus lied or the bible is wrong,

> > > but that doesn't really support your assertion of the existence of

> > > deities, does it? ?How many deities should anyone be expected to prove

> > > nonexistent before disbelieving in them? ?There is NO OBJECTIVE,

> > > VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE OF ANY DEITIES. ?ANYWHERE. ?EVER. ?In light of

> > > that inconvenient fact, it isn't reasonable, nor is it my

> > > responsibility, to prove your particular deity exists; it is yours to

> > > prove it does, otherwise there's no legitimate reason for anyone to

> > > accept the assertion.

>

> > > > I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>

> > > I have yet to see proof of the claim that you don't owe me a million

> > > dollars, so I'm expecting a check.

>

> > > What's even more unfortunate is nobody anywhere has ever seen any

> > > objective, verifiable evidence for ANY deity, let alone yours.- Hide quoted text -

>

> > > - Show quoted text -

>

> > Well, the religion I belong to has evidence that would stand up in

> > court.

>

> Then why, in 2000+ years, has nobody presented it?- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

It is done every day. Presenting it to an atheist is no more

productive than attempting to explain to an atheist that if bolts of

lightning strike both ends of a train at the time an observer at the

middle of the train is opposite an observer on the ground, marks left

on the railroad track by the lightning will be the length of the train

apart.

Robert B. Winn

Guest Paul Duca
Posted

in article pcsa135npnb0f5vj0g5ubg01su0rupmpv7@4ax.com, duke at

duckgumbo32@cox.net wrote on 4/5/07 6:01 PM:

> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 14:59:00 -0400, "Bill M" <wmech@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

>> If a god existed that was mean and intolerant it would simply kill the

>> atheists and send them to his Hell.

>

> And we know that everyone in hell is a volunteer.

 

 

 

But how many in Heaven want to go over the wall?

 

 

Paul

Guest DanielSan
Posted

rbwinn wrote:

> On Apr 15, 9:30�am, Free Lunch <l...@nofreelunch.us> wrote:

>

>>On 15 Apr 2007 09:26:55 -0700, in alt.atheism

>>"rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in

>><1176654415.157086.69...@y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>:

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>>On Apr 15, 5:40?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>>rbwinn wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>On Apr 14, 10:58?pm, John Baker <n...@bizniz.net> wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>>On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:02:44 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

>>>>>><HEs...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>

>>>>>>>"JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>>news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>>

>>>>>>>>rbwinn wrote:

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>give them...

>>

>>>>>>>>>>>We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

>>>>>>>>>>>returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>>

>>>>>>>>>>That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>Jesus coming back!

>>

>>>>>>>>>Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>who keep their word.

>>

>>>>>>>>You're talking about fictional characters again?

>>

>>>>>>>I saw this in alt religion.

>>>>>>>Where is the simple evidence of no God?

>>>>>>>I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>>

>>>>>>The "argument" that there's no evidence that God does not exist is a

>>>>>>logical fallacy. Of course there's no evidence that God doesn't exist.

>>>>>>There's no evidence that anything doesn't exist. That isn't how it

>>>>>>works. Quite simply, there's no such thing as evidence that something

>>>>>> doesn't exist. Be it gods, unicorns, elves, fairies or theists'

>>>>>>critical thinking skills, nonexistence is inferred from a lack of

>>>>>>evidence that the thing in question does exist.

>>

>>>>>>So you see, the question of God's existence doesn't rest on whether or

>>>>>>not there's any evidence that he doesn't exist, but rather on

>>>>>>whether or not there's any evidence that he does exist, and, despite

>>>>>>the rather frequent claims by theists to the contrary, there simply

>>>>>>isn't. There is , on the other hand, an abundant lack of evidence.

>>

>>>>>>Yes, I know you think Martin Rees' "brute facts", as you insist on

>>>>>>calling them, prove the existence of some sort of creator, and other

>>>>>>theists will point to other "evidence" they believe proves their case,

>>>>>>but it's all smoke and mirrors. Just your (and their) subjective

>>>>>>interpretation of data that can be explained as well or better in

>>>>>>purely naturalistic terms. Wishful thinking, nothing more.

>>

>>>>>>I don't begrudge you or any other theist your beliefs, I honestly

>>>>>>don't. If believing in a creator makes you feel better about life,

>>>>>>about yourself, or about what you see as your "ultimate destiny",

>>>>>>that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. But please, don't waste

>>>>>>our time and yours with logical fallacies, subjective interpretations

>>>>>>and unsupported assertions. Anything can be interpreted as

>>>>>>evidence for a creator, but that doesn't mean it actually is.

>>

>>>>>Well, I think that the best evidence that there is a God is the fact

>>>>>that you cannot make Him disintegrate with your disclaimers. �ou seem

>>>>>to have no power over his existence whatsoever. �od is like the Bible

>>>>>in one way. �o matter what atheists say about the Bible, it continues

>>>>>to exist and says what it was written to say. �o matter what atheists

>>>>>say about God, He continues to exist. �ell, time for Bible study. � � � � f

>>>>>you run into any atheists who want to talk about the theory of

>>>>>relativity, let me know.

>>

>>>>So your assertion is that all "holy" writings that exist are true?

>>>>You think that's an intelligent position?- Hide quoted text -

>>

>>>Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as

>>>scripture would be true.

>>

>>How do you know that any of the writers were prophets of God? You have

>>no evidence to support that contention.

>

>

> Sorry, but all that proves is that you have not read the Bible. Jesus

> Christ said that they were prophets.

 

And why should we believe Jesus?

> Explain your choice to God, not to me. I am not here to judge

> choices.

 

I feel no need to explain myself to God. If God is genuinely

all-knowing, then he already knows why I made the "choice" I made.

 

 

--

 

DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226

----------------------------------------------------

"In every country and every age, the priest had

been hostile to Liberty." --Thomas Jefferson

Guest DanielSan
Posted

rbwinn wrote:

> On Apr 15, 9:55?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

>

>>rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

>>

>>>Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as

>>>scripture would be true.

>>

>>Not sure which is funnier, the first part of that sentence or the

>>second...

>>

>>

>>>Do you think it is an intelligent position to deny the existence of God?

>>

>>It most certainly is. Don't you know that?

>

>

> Well, why don't you explain your idea to Jesus Christ when he returns

> to judge the earth?

 

And when do you plan on that happening?

 

--

 

DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226

----------------------------------------------------

"In every country and every age, the priest had

been hostile to Liberty." --Thomas Jefferson

Guest Free Lunch
Posted

On 15 Apr 2007 15:53:31 -0700, in alt.atheism

"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in

<1176677611.873022.191350@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>:

>On Apr 15, 9:30?am, Free Lunch <l...@nofreelunch.us> wrote:

>> On 15 Apr 2007 09:26:55 -0700, in alt.atheism

>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in

>> <1176654415.157086.69...@y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>:

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> >On Apr 15, 5:40?am, "JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote:

>> >> rbwinn wrote:

>> >> > On Apr 14, 10:58?pm, John Baker <n...@bizniz.net> wrote:

>> >> > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:02:44 -0400, "H. Wm. Esque"

>> >> > > <HEs...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>

>> >> > > >"JessHC" <jes...@phantomemail.com> wrote in message

>> >> > > >news:1176487439.008093.45310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>>

>> >> > > >> rbwinn wrote:

>> >> > > >> > On Apr 13, 8:54?am, scottrichter...@yahoo.com (Scott Richter) wrote:

>> >> > > >> > > rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:

>> >> > > >> > > > > > Not too good. ?Jesus Christ has eternal life.

>>

>> >> > > >> > > > > Yes, fictional characters can have any attributes you choose to

>> >> > > >give them...

>>

>> >> > > >> > > > We ll, what I think you should do, Scott, is wait until Jesus Christ

>> >> > > >> > > > returns and then you can tell him your ideas in person.

>>

>> >> > > >> > > That's so adorable! You actually believe that Sunday school crap about

>> >> > > >Jesus coming back!

>>

>> >> > > >> > Well, you may not be one of them, Scott, but there actually are people

>> >> > > >who keep their word.

>>

>> >> > > >> You're talking about fictional characters again?

>>

>> >> > > >I saw this in alt religion.

>> >> > > >Where is the simple evidence of no God?

>> >> > > >I have yet to see the proof of this claim.

>>

>> >> > > The "argument" that there's no evidence that God does not exist is a

>> >> > > logical fallacy. Of course there's no evidence that God doesn't exist.

>> >> > > There's no evidence that anything doesn't exist. That isn't how it

>> >> > > works. Quite simply, there's no such thing as evidence that something

>> >> > > doesn't exist. Be it gods, unicorns, elves, fairies or theists'

>> >> > > critical thinking skills, nonexistence is inferred from a lack of

>> >> > > evidence that the thing in question does exist.

>>

>> >> > > So you see, the question of God's existence doesn't rest on whether or

>> >> > > not there's any evidence that he doesn't exist, but rather on

>> >> > > whether or not there's any evidence that he does exist, and, despite

>> >> > > the rather frequent claims by theists to the contrary, there simply

>> >> > > isn't. There is , on the other hand, an abundant lack of evidence.

>>

>> >> > > Yes, I know you think Martin Rees' "brute facts", as you insist on

>> >> > > calling them, prove the existence of some sort of creator, and other

>> >> > > theists will point to other "evidence" they believe proves their case,

>> >> > > but it's all smoke and mirrors. Just your (and their) subjective

>> >> > > interpretation of data that can be explained as well or better in

>> >> > > purely naturalistic terms. Wishful thinking, nothing more.

>>

>> >> > > I don't begrudge you or any other theist your beliefs, I honestly

>> >> > > don't. If believing in a creator makes you feel better about life,

>> >> > > about yourself, or about what you see as your "ultimate destiny",

>> >> > > that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. But please, don't waste

>> >> > > our time and yours with logical fallacies, subjective interpretations

>> >> > > and unsupported assertions. Anything can be interpreted as

>> >> > > evidence for a creator, but that doesn't mean it actually is.

>>

>> >> > Well, I think that the best evidence that there is a God is the fact

>> >> > that you cannot make Him disintegrate with your disclaimers. /u seem

>> >> > to have no power over his existence whatsoever. /d is like the Bible

>> >> > in one way. / matter what atheists say about the Bible, it continues

>> >> > to exist and says what it was written to say. / matter what atheists

>> >> > say about God, He continues to exist. %ll, time for Bible study. f

>> >> > you run into any atheists who want to talk about the theory of

>> >> > relativity, let me know.

>>

>> >> So your assertion is that all "holy" writings that exist are true?

>> >> You think that's an intelligent position?- Hide quoted text -

>>

>> >Well, since God cannot lie, anything written by one of his prophets as

>> >scripture would be true.

>>

>> How do you know that any of the writers were prophets of God? You have

>> no evidence to support that contention.

>

>Sorry, but all that proves is that you have not read the Bible. Jesus

>Christ said that they were prophets.

 

I've read it. Just because the Bible claims that Jesus said something,

there is no evidence that the Bible is accurate or that Jesus was in any

way reliable.

>> >Do you think it is an intelligent position

>> >to deny the existence of God?

>>

>> As long as there remains no evidence to support the claim that God

>> exists, the only valid choice is to deny the existence of God.

>>

>Explain your choice to God, not to me. I am not here to judge

>choices.

 

You love to judge.

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