RE: Why science and religious fatih need not be in conflict: It's as easy as 1-2-3!
May 2, 2017 at 8:57 am
(May 1, 2017 at 8:16 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I do not necessarily state the miracles are impossible, only unsupported by evidence...And when told by theists that miracles can't be tested scientifically, all I can do is wonder, why I should accept them as being true?
You are right they are not tested scientifically, precisely because naturalism, even methodological kind, deliberately rules out attributing any effect to any type of cause other than material or efficient causes. You are also ruling out particular purported miracles just because they happened in the past. It is a matter of historical record, the Emanuel Swedenborg accurately described the timing and exact timing of a fire in Stockholm even though he was in Gotenburg, hundreds of miles away at the time making it otherwise impossible to know those things. To me that is certainly uncanny and by the common definitions of AF qualifies as a documented miracle.
(May 1, 2017 at 8:16 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Sorry, but ancient scriptural accounts of a bunch of prescientific, superstitious people, is hardly good evidence for miracles. Especially considering the amount of time that passed between the alleged events, and the time they were recorded, by anonymous non-eyewitnesses. The texts that contain the stories, purporting to be historical testimony, is a bit circular. Again, hardly good evidence.
That is your opinion, most likely based on scholarly sources you trust. It is most certainly a minority opinion, but it would be futile attempting to dissuade you using research I find more trustworthy. The question for both of us, is whether or not we believe those sources only because we like their conclusions.
(May 1, 2017 at 8:16 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I can interview 1000's of people still living, that purport to have been abducted by aliens. Should I believe them? Do you?
The UFO phenomena is undoubtedly real. What exactly it means I haven't a clue.