(October 26, 2009 at 8:43 am)amw79 Wrote: I didn't forget, however I'd suggest that the low reading age would be linked with the dyslexia problem; and the other "Brain problem"/"trouble with straight lines" is so vague and non-descript as to be unworthy of further comment.
Well Im not an expert so there is little more I can say on it. My problem was that it seemed as if you thought it was some kind of mild dyslexia.
(October 26, 2009 at 11:42 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: It's not bias, it's true. Hallucination there is evidence of the existence of, other explanations there is evidence of the existence/possibility of too. So yes, of course hallucination is more likely. We at least have evidence that hallucination happens, so it's of course more likely to be evidence of that than of "God" which - as far as I know - there's no evidence of whatsoever.
Well quantum theory or relativity is wierd so why not play the hallucination card and say its more likely that every scientist is hallucinating that those theories are true. So what if they claim to have evidence, its obvious been made, maybe to make them look clever, maybe they see evidence that isn't really there, maybe they left some bits out that are important. Its so easy to play the hallucination or lying card that it barely seems right to do so. I don't just mean to you but to me as well. If you start off thinking God is unlikely then hallucination is a good option, but thats of course starting with a bias.
Quote:Evidence is enough. Of course - it's paramount. The problem is 1. It isn't evidence. 2. Other alternatives are more likely. 3. If I can't think of any evidence that I will accept, that doesn't mean I'll accept without evidence. I'm not saying God is impossible, certainly not - I'm an agnostic atheist - but I am not going to believe without evidence regardless of if I can think of any or not.
I would be tempted to bet money if I got some sort of doctors papers on her before and after they would be brushed under the carpet by many here. Even if I got a number of people with changed lives, healed bodies, stories of God working in their lifes, it would be pretty much ignored.
I dont want you or anyone else to believe because of what I say (it will never happen) all I want is to say, maybe, just maybe there could be something to this God stuff, so you would look into it (ie: a good church) yourself. I dunno maybe thats asking alot ;P
Mark Taylor: "Religious conflict will be less a matter of struggles between belief and unbelief than of clashes between believers who make room for doubt and those who do not."
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”