(July 26, 2017 at 7:03 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(July 26, 2017 at 2:46 pm)SteveII Wrote: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
Steve,
We've discussed this before; do you believe in alien abductions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction
Dawn
I noticed a series of posts, along this line from you here. I feel fairly confident (they can correct me, if I'm wrong) in saying that the theist involved in this conversation are not saying that everything anyone has claimed is always true. Also in my experience, it is followed by a similar line of questions, for which you believe things, which you have to trust the testimony of others for their validity. Also in my experience, this takes a very long time for an atheist to admit this when asking questions.
So, unless you are holding to a position apart from what I described above, and justifying the most rigid fundamentalist and conspiracy theorist out there. (I can think of a lot of things to question, and say there is no evidence for; on these grounds alone) I thought that perhaps it may speed things up, to skip this part, and move on to discussing what makes a testimony good evidence.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther