RE: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
August 1, 2017 at 4:48 pm
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2017 at 4:50 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(August 1, 2017 at 2:34 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote:(August 1, 2017 at 1:17 pm)SteveII Wrote: 1. Natural Theology (theology or knowledge of God based on observed facts and experience apart from divine revelation)
2. Revealed Theology (theology based on what God has directly revealed about himself). The OT is full of interactions from which we can derive information.
3. Appearing in the Person of Christ. These are the events of the gospels--resulting in atonement for sin which resulted in the possibility of a one-on-one relationship with God.
4. Personal Witness. The final revelation of God is within the context of the personal relationship promised in the NT.
1. This is not knowledge of god, as nothing that is observed is only attributable to a god.
2. Nothing is revealed except that people believed.
3. Unsubstantiated stories.
4. Unfalsifiable hearsay.
1. Only God satisfies the 5W.
2. Provides historical context.
3. Gives reliable accounts.
4. Properly basic sensus divinitatis.
