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| (...) You could just ask me two different times... 8^) Anyway, you've given a nice summary of the problem of Revelation as evidence. Well said. (...) To let you (and myself) somewhat off the hook--part of my hypothetical situation was that Jesus (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) <snipped stuff with which I am not necessarily in disagreement> (...) "convincing case" Do I detect a caveat? (...) lol An example of a "convincing case"? So what if after having read this, I, being a Christian man of substantial means (though (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Not an intentional one. I just meant that any powerful being, like Bill Gates or Ashley Judd, could appear before me and make claims of divinity. But I'd need to see/experience convincing evidence (even if it's accessible only to me) before I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) A-ha! If *I* did send a windfall your way, no way would I take credit-- I'd sign the card "from God, to Dave!" :-) (...) Whoa, you lost me. Are you saying that it is possible for an Atheist to accept the existence of a God? (...) Thank you. I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Does He have to use stamps, or does he just create the card in my mailbox? (...) I think so (though not for me personally). I think the deal is that the atheist doesn't worship the god in question. Maybe this analogy would work: I believe in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think you are confusing atheism, which is to not believe in any god or spiritual entity like gogs, with agnostism. Agnostic people just don't care for religion, but they may believe or not that a God exists. As for you, who believes in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Boy oh boy are you off the mark. John, would you care to field this one for me? 8^) Dave! (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Do you have a dictionnary? Search for atheism. You'll see i'm right. Here, I'll search for you : a·the·ism (click to hear the word) (th-zm) n. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. The doctrine that there is no God or gods. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'll try. I think what was being said by Mr. Schuler(1) is as follows: He acknowledges that christians exist and that they do something called worship. He acknowledges that they hold beliefs. They just don't happen to be HIS beliefs. In other (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think it was in reference in you specifically stating that Dave! was a non-practicing Christian. Before you, Terry, jump in here with your notions as to who the other 'players' are in o.t-d, it's perhaps good that you do some research on the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Dave K and Larry have both already answered this for me, but I'll underscore their points in case you missed them. In (URL) I had a go at identifying various kinds/degrees of atheism. In one of these, I speculated, someone might accept the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Quick, Dave! Convert, there is still time! ;-) Pedro (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: <snip> (...) Eh, we all know that ++Lar is a closet socialist. ;) Dave K (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) lol I just got on-line and see I missed out on all the fun:-) For my part, I thank you for your answers. JOHN (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sure--it was a good conversation. Maybe a little disappointing for an audience expecting to see us at one another's throats again, but that's how it goes. Dave! (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Like the Schoolhouse Rocks girl at the end of exclamation... Aw darn! That's the end! Dave K (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) :-) They'll have to wait until the POA comes up before the Supremes;-D Seriously, though, most of the people I know well are Christians, and so I don't have a lot of "deeper" conversations with non-religious people (not a chat room type of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I salute you, sir, for managing to (properly) end your Schuler-referential sentence with Dave! Well done! There's hope for you yet. ++Lar (Lar:communist :: John Neal:competent/willing 6 wide train builder) (I'm KIDDING!) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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