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mountainman · 11-17-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven Carr

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Originally Posted by show_no_mercy

It's not a straw man, considering god did the same thing earlier with the 10 commandments.

It is a straw man. You can't expect god to provide evidence. Faith is belief without evidence.

The fact that the Gospels are filled with rewritten stories from the Old Testament, written by anonymous people , with no provenance or reliable sources - this is just to test your faith.

Dear Steven,

The Eusebian history and the new testament canon tables were designed to test just how well you knew your faith by heart. It was a momentous time for academic scholarship in those early days. Papias was hot.

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And if God is unable to prevent other religions springing up, claiming they have books from God, and then the believers killing each other over which books contain genuine messages from God, then this is not proof that there is no God.

It just means God does not conform to 21st century atheist ideas that the creator of the universe should not be a bungling nincompoop, who couldn't run a chip shop, let alone a universe.

That is one almightly modern parable.

Best wishes,

Pete

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