RE: Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?
September 18, 2017 at 9:48 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2017 at 9:53 am by Harry Nevis.)
(September 18, 2017 at 6:25 am)SteveII Wrote: You are question begging (miracles can't happen therefore there is no believable testimony of miracles). Not trying to convince anyone of anything. Atheist notoriously misunderstand the thing they feel so confident about--Christianity isn't true. I'm doing my part to correct that.No, that's not question begging.
(September 18, 2017 at 6:25 am)SteveII Wrote: LadyForCamus
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lol, what?! What the hell kind of logic is that? You know that isn't remotely true, Steve. So, if I accept the testimony of the folks who believe the Mandela effect is caused by parallel universes overlapping with ours, then I have evidence that supports that conclusion? This is low even for you. Is there a reason you skipped over responding to me, btw? Just curious.
Once again, Steve has done a fine job of arguing himself over to the opposing position, lol.
Do you have reasons to believe these people? If you do, then you have evidence. Not proof, evidence. You have a real hangup on defining evidence don't you. Your confidence in your definition is misplaced. I will look back and see what I missed from you.
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So anyone can decide what is evidence? What reasons do you have to believe these people? We have reasons not to believe them, so, is it evidence for you but not for us? Evidence is subjective? Isn't that what we've arguing about all along? If you think if it's just the reader's opinion that X is or is not evidence for Y, then the word evidence has no objective meaning.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
