west@sdcsla.UUCP (12/15/83)
<<<definitely void>>> Dave Norris (uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david) submitted these questions: >> "If I proved that Christ was the Son of God, would you consider Him?" << >> "If I proved the Bible to be a reliable document, would you believe it?" << These are loaded questions, Dave. To quote you: ``Now, STOP!''. Don't you think you've got the questions backwards? Or, to put it another way, don't the questions more-or-less force the answers you think are right? How about these questions: >> "If I prove that Christ is Satan in disguise, would you reject Him?" << >> "If I prove that the Bible has no divine inspiration, would you believe in it? << These questions are just as valid, and uninteresting, as the ones you posed. Not to mention that neither of us has defined his terms ("God", "Christ", "Satan"...) And what would you consider to consitute proof of the existence of a god? And why don't you subscribe to the commonly-held notion (refuge) that proof denies faith? Sorry if I don't fall into one of your six categories. I guess I rested on the seventh... -- Larry West UC San Diego possible net addresses: -- ARPA: west@NPRDC -- UUCP: ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west -- or ucbvax:sdcsvax:sdcsla:west