RE: The undeniable miracle at Fatima
August 7, 2017 at 6:21 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2017 at 6:28 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(August 6, 2017 at 10:37 pm)pabsta Wrote:(August 6, 2017 at 4:40 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Undeniable?
Nope. Definitely denied.
Three kids sharing a story and then mass delusion?
Hardly undeniable.
Here are some testimonials from people who saw the miracle from miles away. That rules out mass delusion or mass hysteria [...] [bullshit snipped] [...] believing it to be indeed the end of the world.”
You got any testimonials from astronomers?
(August 7, 2017 at 5:49 am)Cyberman Wrote: Especially revealing since he started by saying he's really curious as to what we all think.
Were he curious, he would not be religious.
(August 6, 2017 at 10:57 pm)pabsta Wrote: While we're at it, we might as well pick a few random events in history that have plenty of testimonials, and deny those too. Boston tea party? Sounds fishy to me, therefore it never happened. Abe Lincoln's assassination? I don't believe it could have happened that way, therefore it never happened.
This is why you're unconvincing. Shootings and riots are mundane events, and do not need extraordinary evidence. The Sun and Earth violating the laws of physics, not so much. If you want me to believe the ridiculous, you'd better have ridiculously good evidence. And testimonials gathered years after the fact do not meet that standard.
Had the Sun rapidly moved towards the Earth that day, there would be physical evidence of its motion in the motions of other bodies in the Solar System, and yet there are none. I've no doubt that the changes in tidal forces would have made themselves plain most clearly in Mercury and Venus, though Alex K would probably be able to get more exact with you about that.
I'd suggest you study some critical thinking ... but something tells me that such efforts would be wasted on you.