Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?

[LadyForCamus]

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?

If you have an issue with what Steve is saying, perhaps it would be better to let him speak for himself.  Straw manning, and poisoning the well are not exactly intellectual qualities either.

This is why with many atheist you need to keep things simple, on a very narrow topic, and it's difficult to have a discussion at all.
Rhetoric and sophism, are the norm, and they will overload you in all directions and inconsistencies, and then argue against not what you say.... but some distortion of it.

And for the record, if you've been reading along; Steve was the one who started name-calling.  Not me. I recall the words, 'stupid', and 'obnoxious' from him, before I retaliated.  I've been consistently addressing the argument, and asking him to clarify his position.  He's the one who's attitude went from haughty to sour in a matter of pages (wonder why that was?).  So, this:  'all you atheists do is personally attack and avoid discussion' is demonstrably false in this thread as it pertains to me, personally.