(March 22, 2013 at 1:24 pm)jstrodel Wrote: I challenge you right now to prove definitively that you are from the place where you are from. And if you post a picture of your house and proof of residency, and you send 5 or 6 copies of evidence, prove that those have not been forged.
I want replicable evidence that I can put in a lab and repeat, given the information you provide.
And after you do that, I want you to prove that you can link what you provide definatively to your IP address, that no one else is using your computer using a remote access, that your ISP has not forged the documents.
And then, I want you to prove that you are not just a thought being implanted in my head.
Proof is a cultural construction that is used in a variety of ways to assess different truth claims. There is no universal claim anyone has and skepticism is an easy enough tool for the dishonest to use to prevent them from having to take seriously information that would challenge them to accept a different course of life.
Of course you can't prove any of this. But if you want to learn about God, read the book I posted about George Muller. Visit charismatic ministries. Don't try and prove or disprove anything, just talk to people and try and understand what is going on.
Nevertheless, those cultural standards of proof have proven themselves time and again and tend to be a reasonably reliable way to determine the facts of a situation. Therefore, providing evidence which falls within those standards is the way we operate as human.
Quite trying to dodge the issue and present your evidence.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein