RE: The undeniable miracle at Fatima
August 8, 2017 at 9:06 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2017 at 9:18 am by Mister Agenda.)
pabsta Wrote:Whateverist Wrote:But there were whole bunches of people making the same claim, so they claim. I mean, how you gonna go against the numbers???[/sarcasm]
Everyone reading this knows very well that if one person were to point you out as someone who robbed a bank, people may not believe it right away. But if a CROWD of people point you out as the culprit, your goose is cooked, plain and simple. The more testimonials, the heavier the weight of those testimonials. Let's not play dumb people!
So all I have to do to get away with robbing a bank is disguise myself as you, safe in the knowledge that all that is required to convict you is the testament of dozens of witnesses? Cool story, bro.
pabsta Wrote:You're missing the point! I'm not comparing the events. I'm simply saying that history is handed down to us from people who came before us. We didn't know those people, and we didn't see any the events with our own eyes, yet we generally accept what they hand down to us and it winds up in our history books. Atheists are hypocritical because they accept some history if it sounds good to them, and reject other history if it doesn't make them comfortable. It's absurdity, especially when thousands of people said it happened.
History doesn't actually work by accepting what is handed down. Historians work very hard to corroborate and verify recorded events as best they can; and if they don't stand up to scrutiny, they are considered uncertain or myth.
We got the story handed down about young George Washington and the cherry tree. Didn't happen. George throwing a coin across the Potomac. Didn't happen.
What is that you think historians do with their time?
pabsta Wrote:And I notice people love to try and say there were no photos taken at Fatima that day. Look again - there are photos online. You also need to keep in mind that not many people had cameras in 1917, and the ones that did certainly weren't walking around with them like they do today. For the few people that brought cameras, taking photos of the actual sun during the height of the event when people were all screaming it was the end of the world and that they were going to die, was obviously not a priority. In 1917, taking photos is the last thing I'm concerned about if I'm truly thinking I'm seconds from death.
You know who had cameras? Astronomers studying the sun.
pabsta Wrote:Can you predict an event months ahead of time to exact location and time of day?
On August 21st, I'll be able to see a solar eclipse begin at 1:13:07 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
pabsta Wrote:While you are all still scratching your heads about the miracle of Fatima, don't forget to look up another event that started similarly in Lourdes, France.
The only thing we're still scratching our heads over is your gullibility.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.