RE: How Christians and there god sound to me.
November 27, 2012 at 2:27 pm
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2012 at 2:27 pm by CliveStaples.)
(November 27, 2012 at 2:20 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Well, you certainly aren't interested in establishing that god interacts with you, and he hasn't interacted with me...so in that limited group I can safely state that god isn't interacting with us.
No, you can safely state that you don't think God is interacting with us. That's like, "You and I don't think that Bob is wearing underpants, so we've established that Bob isn't wearing underpants!"
Quote:The evidence being that neither you or I can establish such interaction. Proof, no, evidence, yes. Is there anyone else capable of or willing to establish that such interaction occurs?
Your sample size is 2. You can't draw a conclusion with any kind of statistical significance.
Quote:That would be a very tiny portion of what constitutes evidence Clive, yes. If you can't produce evidence that I stole something from you, for example...one could reasonably conclude that I didn't - on the basis of evidence-. Your inability to produce evidence individually isn't quite as compelling as our inability to produce any evidence for this interaction communally though, I'll grant you that.
I'm just wondering what leads you to think that there isn't evidence that God interacts with people. The only basis I know that you have is the account I gave; is that really all you have?
Quote:Wheres your Hitchen's quote now Clive?
Right where it used to be. You're the one who's supposedly interested in gathering evidence (incl. eyewitness testimony).
Quote:I have a responsibility to discredit some claim made about your god by stating that no evidence has been offered? I disagree. I don't have any responsibilities with regards to your god. Not a one. Handle your shit Clive.
You have a responsibility to support the claims you have made. You have claimed that there isn't evidence that God interacts with people. Support this claim, or expect it to be summarily dismissed.
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”