(October 16, 2009 at 11:01 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: And let's pretend there were eye witness accounts of Jesus's death and resurrection, that is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that Jesus died and came back to life. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
It seems then you are saying that no matter how reliable the witness evidence was, you wouln't believe it anyway; that even if 500 or more eye witnesses testified personally to you and were willing to put their lives on the line for their witness, you still would not believe because "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". (I am, of course, extrapolating from what you said, especially for the second statement.) Am I correct?
Is there any evidence that you could think of that you would accept? Would you even accept it if you saw it yourself? (In print, the last two questions can come across as being nasty. I assure you that is not my intention. I am merely wondering.)
