RE: Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?
September 18, 2017 at 8:10 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2017 at 8:17 am by SteveII.)
(September 17, 2017 at 5:08 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: "Multiple assertions of the same fact is verification."
Millions of people saw David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear. Yet, no one actually believes he removed it from our plane of existence. Multiple people can testify to some event, and still be wrong. How can you not grasp this basic idea?
Of course multiple people can testify to the same event and still be wrong. So, I grasp the basic idea. Until you find an example of something that has the kind of context I listed in my a through k points, they are irrelevant--apples and oranges.
(September 17, 2017 at 6:15 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(September 17, 2017 at 5:08 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: "Multiple assertions of the same fact is verification."
Millions of people saw David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear. Yet, no one actually believes he removed it from our plane of existence. Multiple people can testify to some event, and still be wrong. How can you not grasp this basic idea?
"Multiple assertions of the same fact is verification."
Steve is smart enough to know this statement is patently false. He would never let that fly going the other way around. He's desperately trying to breathe life into an argument that was more or less DOA. Old Billy Lane Craig would be proud.
You and your definitions. Verification is not an exact synonym for proof. I highlighted the relevant words:
ver·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌverəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/
noun
- the process of establishing the truth, accuracy, or validity of something.
"the verification of official documents"
synonyms:
confirmation, substantiation, proof, corroboration, support, attestation, validation, authentication, endorsement
"they may require further verification"
