(January 3, 2020 at 6:47 pm)Lek Wrote:1.You can be open to something and not be convinced it exists(January 3, 2020 at 4:58 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Who puts boundaries on that meaning? As far as I can see, you're the only person in this thread who insists that it can only be one thing.
Food for thought.
You guys are always telling me that the supernatural doesn't exist. How can you be open to something that you've already decided doesn't exist? I never said that spontaneous remission had a supernatural cause. I think it very well could and I asked what you thought. Not one atheist even admitted that it could possibly have a supernatural cause. In fact, pretty much all I got was derision for even considering it, calling it "magic" or whatever. There was no openness to the idea at all. Rather than say it could be supernatural, you'd say "we don't know, but we'll find out someday." There's a boundary there that separates you from considering any supernatural explanation. If I said anywhere that it had to be supernatural you'll have to show me.
(January 3, 2020 at 6:34 pm)Aegon Wrote: Think of all the crap we couldn't explain, then could explain a few hundred years later. What compelling reason do I have to think anything is different?
Also, the reasons that things happen arent dependent on human ability to explain them. That's my point. When you dont know why, assume theres a reason, and admit you dont know it. The end. Making up another explanation because it makes sense to you (God) is the opposite of what you should do.
Not true. If billions of sane people attest to something, even in light of modern day science, it's worth serious consideration.
2. Argument from ignorance
"Change was inevitable"
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM