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If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?

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If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 16, 2014 at 6:12 pm (This post was last modified: July 16, 2014 at 6:15 pm by JesusHChrist.)
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 16, 2014 at 6:14 pm
(July 16, 2014 at 6:07 pm)Cato Wrote: Those aren't fairies. Fairies wear boots.

And they always look FAB-u-lous!

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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm (This post was last modified: July 16, 2014 at 6:20 pm by Ryantology.)
(July 15, 2014 at 3:28 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Please read the whole article before you comment. thanks

http://www.science20.com/science_motherh..._or_hoaxes

If ghosts existed and could actually be captured photographically, their existence would not even be in question. Photography is a 170 year-old practice.
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 16, 2014 at 6:41 pm
(July 16, 2014 at 9:15 am)Revelation777 Wrote:
(July 16, 2014 at 6:33 am)ManMachine Wrote: Sometimes you don't explain things, you accept they are unexplained. It's called maturity.

MM

or denial

I rest my case.

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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 16, 2014 at 6:43 pm
(July 16, 2014 at 6:07 pm)Cato Wrote: Those aren't fairies. Fairies wear boots.



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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 17, 2014 at 12:35 am
(July 16, 2014 at 2:05 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: A Bible quote is very much a reason for me to believe

Well, it's something that you accept as a sufficient reason to believe. But you have an immense blind spot in your rationality when it comes to the bible, and you special plead in a very low burden of proof for that, that you wouldn't accept for similar claims from other places. I'm afraid a person who doesn't preserve their beliefs through logical fallacies, who has a consistent set of beliefs, will also have a much higher expectation of evidence for all claims.

A bible quote is a good reason for you, because you've already accepted the bible to be true based on no evidence but your own personal revelation. I haven't had that revelation, and I don't see yours as sufficient for belief, and when I asked you for a reason to believe what you just claimed, you couldn't even give that.

That's troubling. Thinking
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 17, 2014 at 1:15 am
{Christian hat on}

You say gravity exists but you can't see it!
You can feel its effects only.

I can feel the effect of god in my heart, so even though I cannot see him, he too must also be real! so there! na na nana na!
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 17, 2014 at 1:17 am (This post was last modified: July 17, 2014 at 1:17 am by Esquilax.)
(July 17, 2014 at 1:15 am)ignoramus Wrote: {Christian hat on}

You say gravity exists but you can't see it!
You can feel its effects only.

I can feel the effect of god in my heart, so even though I cannot see him, he too must also be real! so there! na na nana na!

Don't give them another wrong tree to bark up! Tongue

Just in case someone was actually going to use that argument, please note than none of us ever said "see," we said evidence.
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 17, 2014 at 1:19 am
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RE: If there is no such thing as the supernatural, then how do you explain this?
July 17, 2014 at 5:37 am
(July 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: If ghosts existed and could actually be captured photographically, their existence would not even be in question. Photography is a 170 year-old practice.
Hmmm... is Rev saying that these photographs are physical evidence of the supernatural?
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