dqualk Wrote:But things like reports of an empty tomb,
Which one? There are three "empty tombs", all of which claim to be the real deal.
Quote:down to the person on the side of the street who claimed to have a vision of God,
Who? David Koresh? Joseph Smith? Some other cultist you don't believe? Look up "special pleading" sometime.
Quote:to the "healer" going around healing people.
Heal Stephen Hawking. Then I'll convert.
Quote:The convictions of billions is a good deal of evidence too. Once again not conclusive, as numbers do not mean that one is right. But its evidence.
No, it's a logical fallacy called "appeal to popularity".
Quote:There is also the crisis of life that leads many to the belief in God.
Appeal to consequences.
Quote:desire for meaning.
What you want to be true isn't necessarily true.
Quote:Everyone grows up saying such IS right and such IS wrong in and of itself.
Morality and the existence of God are separate issues. If morality is objective, it must exist outside of God (i.e. something that is wrong is always wrong even if God were to say otherwise). If it exists outside of God, it is able to exist without God.
Quote:Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth.
I studied the rise and fall of the Third Reich for most of the year of my German IV class in high school (wir haben die bucher "Die Zwolf Dunkle Jahre Des Deutches Gischechte" im Gymnasium gelessed). He and the Church had a working understanding and treaty. Hitler often spoke of his devotion to "the Lord'.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist