(June 27, 2018 at 10:20 am)Simon Moon Wrote:(June 27, 2018 at 9:11 am)SteveII Wrote: Your last paragraph is nothing but assertions (defined as a claim without evidence). You can't possibly know what other people experience or don't experience.
The plural of "anecdote" does not become evidence.
Well, um...there is an actual phrase reserved for that very thing: Anecdotal evidence.
Quote:And again, how much special pleading can you possibly be guilty of?
You would never accept, as being evidence, Hindus or Muslims reporting experiences that they claim are their god. Nor would you accept the claims of other religious texts, the amount of time other religions have existed, or any other of the same sorts of evidence you offer for the truth of your religion.
I rely on a cumulative case for Christianity. I have 1000s of data points that those other religions don't have. No special pleading if I have reasons.