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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: The (non-)existence of God - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 03:58:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 03:58:15 1984
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> = Ruschak

>         I think that in any discussions of this sort, the burden of proof
> must be on the Theists. Non-Theists simply say that they do not think that
> god exists because they have no evidence that cannot easily be otherwise
> explained. If Theists wish us to believe that there is a god, they must
> give us some proof of this proposition. Sorry, but the following chains of 
> reasoning are not good enough:

>       1)      "I believe in God because the Bible says so."
>               "I believe in the Bible because God says so."

>       2)      "I believe in God because he changed my life."
>               "God changed my life because I believe in Him"

I believed in God, initially, partially because some things in the Bible
clicked and made sense.  Since then, God has changed my life because of my
relationship to him.

I encourage you to read my response to Rich Rosen's "leap of faith" article,
which is appropriate to this article also.  (You've probably already read it,
since I posted it to this group a little while before this article.)  I
repeat the main point--the way for you to get proof is to try it yourself.

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-- Jeff Sargent
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