(January 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm)AAA Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 3:39 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: Unless of course they claim to have witnessed extraordinary things.
Well, I still don't know that you just dismiss the claims. I mean what would you do if tomorrow Richard Dawkins decided to become a Christian after claiming that God talked to him the night before? Would you dismiss him? Very credible people sometimes claim to have seen extraordinary things.
Richard Dawkins does not walk on water. If he said such a thing I'd chalk it up to the revenge of the unconscious. Anyone can be factually wrong. If he limited what he said to "I had an experience last night which is of the sort which others might describe as talking with God", I'd be much more interested to hear him elaborate. It is the simple minded acceptance of the extraordinary on a literal level which should always be questioned.