RE: Evidence for a god. Do you have any ?
October 17, 2018 at 10:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2018 at 11:00 pm by Rahn127.)
(October 17, 2018 at 10:23 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(October 17, 2018 at 9:54 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: I'll ask again, do you think a collection of stories that can't be verified for accuracy or truth qualifies as evidence ?
It seems that you are asking if there is good evidence, then would I change my preconceptions, and believe something that I didn’t previously. The answer is yes. If you are asking if I think that testimony can be good and sufficient evidence for a justified belief (or change in one) then the answer is yes. How your story fits into that, I don’t know.... it really lacks details.
Do you disagree?
If so why?
I disagree
When we can't verify the truth or accuracy of a story, especially a story that makes an extraordinary claim, then we cannot justify believing the story.
The story itself cannot be verified to be true.
The story is not evidence. The story is the claim.
Why would you want to believe a story in which you can't verify it's truthfulness ?
We shouldn't believe extraordinary stories until we have a good reason to justify belief.
I don't believe in Bigfoot. I don't believe in the Loch Ness monster. I don't believe in werewolves or vampires or demons or angels.
I've read lots of stories about them and testimony from people who say they have seen these things, but there is no evidence that they exist.
I'm sorry, a story isn't enough.
We have a word that describes people who believe things without a doubt based on nothing more than a story.
That word is gullibility.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result