RE: Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?
September 17, 2017 at 11:26 am
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2017 at 12:07 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(September 17, 2017 at 11:21 am)SteveII Wrote:(September 17, 2017 at 1:41 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: Yes it is an assertion of fact, not an actual fact, in order for it to be fact it would need to be verified. So Testimony absent verification cannot be fact, therefore it cannot be evidence, since you defined evidence as "facts that support a conclusion".
If your just going to let people assert their own "facts" without verification, you put yourself in a position in which you can't determine what is actually true. Your actually a walking example of special pleading because you accept these unverified claims of Christianity as fact, but you don't apply that same standard to the claims of the various religions.
Multiple assertions of the same fact is verification. We know a large number of people believed the same as the assertions (not because of them) -more verification.
You can't simply claim special pleading. Illustrate how there are similar circumstances in some other religion. Back up your argument.
I guess it's easier to ignore me and shift the burden of proof, rather than actually clarify and support your position like I asked you to do, right, Steve?
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