Why all god claims fail.
April 16, 2016 at 9:54 pm
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2016 at 9:54 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(April 16, 2016 at 7:18 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(April 16, 2016 at 1:27 pm)FebruaryOfReason Wrote: Like for example, how we could go about checking that some guy received a new revelation from Jesus Christ through continuous heavenly visions which he experienced over a period of at least twenty-five years....is it all so couched in fuzzy terminology that anyone who believes in it can avoid having to say that the prediction failed, just by disputing its terms in retrospect?
Now you're just trying to move the topic away from your own ignorance. My reasons for accepting Swedenborg's special revelations are highly personal. I am not forcing anyone to accept them and it is pointless to talk about any special revelation with people who do not yet even acknowledge the general revelations. I say that assuming that you know the difference. Your posts, CamusLady, and 37 all demonstrate an inability to distinguish between science, mathematics, and philosophy. Either that, or you all are intentionally conflating them to avoid dealing with arguments none of you are prepared to discuss intelligently.
You haven't answered a single question posed to you. You've demonstrated nothing of God and nothing of your methods. The only way you know how to answer questions regarding evidence for God is to accuse your opponent of being too ignorant to understand what's in your God detection kit. Let's see the kit. Let's see your tools. "I have no way of showing them to you, therefore you're too ignorant to see them." is not a rational reply.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.