(July 6, 2012 at 5:01 pm)Ionovaryeh Wrote: Are you serious? Seriously? Open your eyes. The occult has existed for as long as religion has, and you for how long? Are you a drinker?
"The number of believers says nothing about the veracity of the claim; absolutely nothing. If six billion people tomorrow claimed belief in sentient talking tomatoes, would you then believe based on this or would you require a demonstration?"
It kind of does, which is why I posted this on the Roerich Banner of Peace in the first place. Tomatoes do not contribute to cultural identities, nor do they collectively form a pattern (concerning anthropology). A pointless comparison.
Belief in the occult and religion is ancient, there's no argument here. The point you are missing is that the belief in supernatural causes of events doesn't mean there are actually supernatural causes.
My talking tomato comment was an illustration used to demonstrate the absurdity of your claim that the number of believers, absent corroborating evidence, can be used to verify a truth claim. I did not invoke this in any way regarding the Roerich Banner of Peace. This was quite clear.
