(September 18, 2017 at 4:56 pm)SteveII Wrote:(September 18, 2017 at 4:44 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: May I reasonably conclude then that you're a Fatima Miracle believer, despite not being Catholic?
I don't know if it happened. I doubt because of 1) the lack of context of every other miracle ever performed (they had a specific purpose), 2) there are some rebuttal witnesses that said no, it did not happen, and 3) there was nothing on the line when people said "I saw it"--it did necessitate a call to action or any required change of belief.
Because of course, 1000's of people that can be interviewed moments after an event, are no where near as reliable as, 500 anonymous people, whose stories are not recorded for decades or more after the alleged events.
Move those stories 1800 years in the past, and somehow they become even more reliable.
That is a textbook example of special pleading. What is the title of this thread again?
Intellectual honesty is not quite your thing, is it Steve?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
