RE: The undeniable miracle at Fatima
August 6, 2017 at 4:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2017 at 4:42 am by Cyberman.)
(August 5, 2017 at 11:34 pm)pabsta Wrote:(August 5, 2017 at 10:17 pm)Cyberman Wrote: Even assuming it's all true, how do you get from "sun flying around the sky" to "therefore god"?
- The lady, according to the children, claimed to be from heaven, and her message was a religious one on the need for prayer etc.
- She predicted a miracle months ahead of time to the exact location and time, and relayed this to the children, and it actually took place. No human could make such a prediction - the weatherman can't even get the weather right the day before!
Thereby hangs your problem. "According to the children"; "claimed to be"; "no human could". A huge argument from ignorance.
Are you aware that according to The Day The Earth Stood Still, this guy
claimed to be from another planet and accurately predicted what would happen if humanity didn't stop developing atomic weapons? No human could possibly do that! His message was a humanitarian one on the need for compassion and peace.
He also rose from the dead, but that's a given with fictional characters.
Notwithstanding, I'm sure you'd agree that Klaatu up there in no way suggests any god. Why does your story, with just as much information and justification?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
