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- From: jlamb@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey Richard Lamb)
- Subject: Re: God exists. Proof within.
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:54:14 GMT
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- absinthe@viva.chem.washington.edu (Daniel Faken) writes:
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- >In article <C17y16.Jt6@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jlamb@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey
- >Richard Lamb) writes:
- >> 3) a) Proof that the Bible is absolutely true:
- >[...]
- >> Now look at the Bible again. It is a collection of related state-
- >> ments of fact. Many of the things it relates are true. Many of
- >> it's statements are uncertain. NONE of it has been proven false,
- >> or even approached the point of being legitimately attacked.
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- >An absence of contrary evidence does not mean something is correct.
-
- True, lack of disproof <> proof, but failure to acknowledge strong evidence
- is illogical. Also the closer you come to proving a whole the more credence
- you should give the idea. The theory of relativity hasn't been proven, but
- no evidence has come up against it and every test we have been able to
- think of has supported the ideal. Why is acceptance of the Bible different.
-
- >Besides, a god (like 'the ether') can easily be defined so that it's
- > 'existance' (or non-'existance') is not proveable.
-
- In the same way it is easy to define God so his existance and non-existance
- are both proveable (though not at the same time I think).
- If you need a definition of God to work with use this one: God is that
- thing which is referred to by the word "God" (and other similar names (Lord,
- Jesus, etc) in the Bible. Now go with that definition.
-
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