(October 17, 2018 at 11:08 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(October 17, 2018 at 10:58 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: 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.
Don’t you use evidence to verify a story? If you have good and sufficient evidence, then would that make you the unreasonable one to deny it.
Yes we use evidence to verify stories, but what if all we have is the story and no way to verify it.
If we have good and sufficient evidence, then that is all we need to justify belief.
Do we have any evidence ?
No, we don't. Not one bit.
All we have is a collection of stories that we can't verify, from people who may or may not have even existed, because we can't even verify if they are fictional characters or if they actually lived.
The stories in my hypothetical book are from supposed family members and friends of people we can't confirm even existed in the 14th century.
When you have no evidence and testimony that you can't verify, about a procedure that is extraordinary in nature, like regrowing an arm or leg, you should not believe the story.
Belief is only granted when evidence can be presented that can verify the truth of the claim. You must be able to demonstrate that the evidence is factual and true.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result