Better reasons to quit Christianity

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Now, Jupitor has posted in this discussion thread that he has a good reason for believing the soul survives death, for he has spoken to souls who have so survived. In his case, he is making an inference from experience, rather than from ignorance.

There's a million dollars in it for Jupitor, should he be able to demonstrate he has gained information from such souls that could have been gained in no other way. Do you believe Jupitor is really in touch with dead souls? Do you think it is wise to believe Jupitor? Is there something about his claim that makes it so different from claiming that he is in touch with his cousin who lives across town that it's reasonable to be skeptical about it without additional convincing and significant evidence? Is it reasonable for Jupitor to expect other people to believe him without such evidence? In other words, can you think of any reason, any reason at all, not to take Jupitor at his word?

Let's put it this way: My wife is the most skeptical and logical person I know. She never talks about the paranormal. Yet, the day she watched a news program about the first teacher to take a ride in to space in the space shuttle, she turned to her mother and said, "Mom, I know she is going to die." That shuttle exploded on take off.

So what does this mean? Was she crazy? No, the proof was in the tragedy. Was she lying? She is actually the most honest person I know (I should know, because I've been married to her for many years). She has a type A personality, and would rather confront someone and die, than tell a lie. So how did she know? I don't know. I just know she did, and I cannot deny the evidence.

Does this prove there are ghosts? No. But it does prove to me that there are experiences others have that I have never had that cannot be denied as genuine. So when someone talks about an experience he has had which seems remarkable to me, and I know that person to be sincere and sane, I hesitate to brush off what he says.