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Re: WMD, again...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:28:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler
<snipped stuff with which I am not necessarily in disagreement>
> Hey, I've said all along that if God appeared to me and made a convincing
> case, I'd believe that He exists.
"convincing case" Do I detect a caveat?
> I wouldn't necessarily worship him (ie; proof of His existence does not
> violate my free will), but I'd accept his existence [1].
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> Dave!
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> [1] Especially if He wiped away my student loans with a wave of His divine Hand.
lol An example of a "convincing case"? So what if after having read this, I,
being a Christian man of substantial means (though sadly I am not; this is a
hypothetical), sent you a check for an amount greater than your student loans
because I believed God wanted it, would you then believe in the existence of
God? (the presumption being, as I believe, that God acts through His followers).
Aside from that and since we are on the subject of God, I have a question for
you if you care to answer-- What is the difference in reasoning between an
Atheist and a Deist? I am not able to come up with anything.
JOHN
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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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| (...) 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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