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On May 23, 3:14*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 5/23/2011 5:46 AM, Doctor Gaius Baltar wrote:

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On 5/22/2011 9:41 AM, RD Sandman wrote:

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On 5/17/2011 2:30 PM, RD Sandman wrote:
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On 5/17/2011 12:56 PM, WangoTango wrote:
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Total lack of any proof whatsoever to the positive
after
thousands
of
years of looking proves it doesn't exist.
What do you consider the recounting of numerous
miracles
in
the
New Testament? *Do they not prove anything?
Not a thing.
What about all the recounting of numerous Leprechaun
sightings, gifts, and other shenanigans? *What about
the
legal recognition of Gnomes in Iceland?
Mythology is mythology, doesn't matter how many
people have bought
into
it.
Funny how random chance and divine intervention are
indistinguishable from each other.
Prove that Ancient Rome existed.
Many of the remains are still there and from them some
things can be ascertained about life then.
Yes. *It could have also been a theme park built by the
phoneticians.
Why should I believe the Bible is necessarily false?
The real question is why should you believe any of it is
true.
And the real answer is that it would be his belief in
either direction and his opinion in either direction. *In
either
case,
he is entitled
to
hold it and has to defend it to no one.
If that is the case, he should keep it to himself.
Unless he is prepared to defend it.
Whatever, although I am not sure who died and named you
moderator.
Are you prepared to say the same thing to lookout who is the
main one arguing with him? *
I give Lookout **** for his crazy posts too.
I guess what is at issue here isn't his posts, but why YOU give
a special pass to religion that you wouldn't give to any other
unfounded
belief? *If someone came on here and spouted the old "You are
more likely to kill a family member than a burglar" line of
crap, you
would
call them on the carpet, but someone spouts off religious dogma
and
it
gets a pass. *Why?
All I ask for is proof.
And you have been asked for proof of your belief.
I don't have a belief.
You have a belief that there is no God or that he doesn't exist..
Nope.
Are you saying then that you do believe that there is a God? *Or do
you *believe that there is not.
How many times do I have to say it, old man?
There is no proof what so ever that a living god has ever existed.
Got it now?
Then when I say that you have a belief that there is no god...why do you
deny that?
Because you're wrong as usual.
There is no proof that a god has ever exists. That's a fact, not a
belief.
That's an opinion.
Nope. Fact. There is no PROOF what so ever.
If you think there is proof let's hear it.
I haven't ever claimed that there was. *I am only here to show everyone
that you do, in fact, have a belief.
Nope.
What I have is a lack of facts that a god exists.
Nor do you have any facts that he does not.
I don't have to prove a negative.
The fact is there is no proof to support a god theory.
In your opinion. *In many other folk's opinion there is.
Then let's hear it.
They have already told you.
Yet none exists.
Perhaps, there's a reason for that.....
Because ALL religions are fairy tales.
In your opinion.
Fact
That it is your opinion? *Yep, I agree with that.
Nope. Wrong again, old man.
Nope. *It is simply your opinion.
Prove there is a god.
No need, I don't claim that there is one.
Then respond.
I'd say just the sheer complexity of DNA is proof of intelligent design.