(March 24, 2013 at 1:02 am)jstrodel Wrote: You mean, can't demonstrate to you. There are plenty of people that can demonstrate the reality of Christianity to others. My pastor was on a plane and he gave a man a prophetic word that the man was caught in the act of adultery and needed to repent. He demonstrated the truth of Christianity.If this pastor has the gift of prophecy, he should contact the people at the James Randi foundation, who have offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can provide evidence of the supernatural or paranormal. James Randi has offered a cash prize either personally or through his foundation for almost 50 years now. Few takers, no winners yet.
jstrodel Wrote:Because no one has demonstrated the truth of Christianity doesn't mean that it isn't true.Because no one has demonstrated the truth of the Tooth Fairy doesn't mean that it isn't true.
jstrodel Wrote:I don't presuppose Christianity is true, I presuppose that my senses are accurate. That is totally different from presupposing that Christianity is true. I have no reason to think that I am insane. I have a job, I think clearly, I go about my business.People who are insane usually don't think they are. People who are sane don't suffer hallucinations unless they're taking drugs or otherwise ill. Common sense says that if you're seeing god and talking to him, you're imagining it. On the other hand, if you think you might be able to provide convincing evidence, give the Randi Foundation a call.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould