It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity

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what he concluded was that there had to be a light in that position to form an image on the negative, I don't know about you but I don't think lights hanging over people heads out of nowhere is a naturally occurring phenomenon; And something that can't be explained using the laws of nature by definition is supernatural.

Light isn't a naturally occurring phenomenon?

Is that what you think I said? really?

 But, okay.  Let's take a different approach here.  For the sake of argument, let us say this picture is an authentic photograph of God, or some type of divine, godly energy breaching the natural world.  Whatever you want to call it is fine with me.  Talk me through this:  As this minister was giving his sermon, for whatever reason God decided this was an important moment to step in and reveal himself.  But, he didn't actually reveal himself, did he?  No one reported seeing anything in real time while he was preaching.

Because that's not how God works, he has ALWAYS spoken through a proxy, which we refer to as a prophet; the reason he chose to do it this way is because the first time he spoke to the people directly it scared them to death, so from then on God spoke to the people through a prophet.

Does not the Bible say that God will send a prophet in the last days?

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: - Malachi 4:5

That being said Branham has ALWAYS maintained that there was an entity present during his services, not only that Jesus stated himself "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."  

the good thing about Branham is he has something like 1200 services audio recorded, this is a quote transcribed from "Expectation" on September 30, 1951.
http://table.branham.org

  How do you do, sister? You are the patient, aren't you? But we be strangers, I believe, lady, I don't think I ever seen you. And if we be strangers, then I'm standing here as a man, you as a lady; and there's some few thousand people looking at us. Besides that, there's a supernatural Being standing here, which is the Angel of God that I'm speaking of. And just as certain as I'm standing here, you're aware of that. You know there's something that you never felt anything like that in your life. Isn't that right? If that's right raise up your hand, so the people see that that is right.
  Because your faith is begin moving, pulling. Yes, ma'am, I see you going away from me now; you're going back; you stop at the side of a bed. I see you holding on to the side of a bed. You're crippled, or—or no, you have a arthritis or some kind of a condition. I see you then start across the street, and you move down real easy to cross the street. And you were wearing the same clothes; it's been recently. Say, you got something on your mind you're worried about. You're upset, I see something hanging near you. You are… You're upset about something aren't you? You're worried. Now, be honest with me; it is—it's something you're worrying about. Here it comes, yes, it's concerning child, childbirth. You're afraid of a miscarriage which being pregnant. Is that right? Don't worry, go and Jesus Christ…
 
51-0930E - Expectation
Rev. William Marrion Branham

*Emphasis mine*
 

So, let's revise the above:  God wanted to step in and reveal himself.  So, he figured the most efficient way to do so would be to hang over this minister's head (invisible), but then tamper with one guy's camera (ruining all the other pictures because...why again?) so that later on, his divine energy could be seen on the film?  Do you understand how little sense this makes when you actually think about it?  Don't you think maybe, just maybe, there was something wrong with the photographer's camera, and the man who critically examined the photo simply missed something?  dropping all preconceptions, which scenario seems more likely to you?  

Was not John the only one to bear record of seeing a dove? No one else saw it. Paul was struck down by a LIGHT and that light identified itself as Jesus Christ.

Jesus stated "Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:"...

So if you're looking for some huge worldwide revelation of Jesus Christ, it will never happen; because Jesus said it will never happen, only his select few will continue to see him.

A scientifically verified picture is the best evidence that you're going to receive; or are you seriously suggesting that having everyone in the building also see the entity, would have been better evidence? Even after stating that, and I quote "testimonials are one of the lowest quality, and least reliable forms of scientific evidence."

What Mr lacy had done through testing was eliminate every possible scenario that could have caused that image to appear, and it was his DEFINITE OPINION, that there was a light there that cause that image.

def·i·nite
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adjective
adjective: definite

clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful.


When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

So you conclude, having no qualification of your own that an expert in his field must be wrong because, based upon your preconceptions that everything in the universe is known.

So if you want to disagree with the DEFINITIVE opinion of as expert in his field based upon your BELIEFS, that's fine and you're totally within your right to do so, just don't be hypocritical and deny others that same right.