RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
August 30, 2018 at 1:18 pm
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2018 at 1:19 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 30, 2018 at 1:16 pm)SteveII Wrote:(August 30, 2018 at 12:49 pm)polymath257 Wrote: To be evidence concerning a proposition (like 'God exists'), the observation has to change the probability of the proposition being true. It *isn't* simply that the observation is consistent with the proposition (if the negation is also consistent, for example). I have yet to see one piece of information that changes the probability that the statement 'God exists' is true in a positive direction. So I deny that Step 2 applies in the case you want to apply it to.
Hypothetically speaking, would God raising someone from the dead after, say, oh, I don't know, a public crucifixion qualify as a "piece of information that changes the probability that the statement 'God exists' is true in a positive direction?" Asking for a friend.
You must mean "would stories of- " and the answer is an obvious no...it doesn't raise the probability of the contents being true anymore than stories of a demi god slaying a three headed dog does.
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