(August 15, 2012 at 4:45 pm)catfish Wrote:(August 15, 2012 at 4:42 pm)Tobie Wrote: No, we scoff at the idea because it cannot be verified. Anecdotes are not evidence. If I told you that the almighty god Geoff appeared to me in a dream and told me to spread his word, would you believe me? No. I'm not giving babble coming out of the mouths of various cretins the same credibility as science.
Until you have your own experience, that's the way we work...
What? I doubt I will have an experience of god. Most experiences are probably from wishful thinking.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien