median Wrote:Did you completely miss the post? Your examples commit the fallacy of false analogy. Absolutely ZERO of those things (anesthesia, water, magnesium, mustard gas, etc) are supernatural or extraordinary claims. They are quite common and can be DEMONSTRATED with little or no equivocation, and can be used (quite effectively) for making testable, repeatable, falsifiable, predictions. Can you demonstrate your alleged deity unequivocally (in the same exact fashion that you can demonstrate salt dissolving in water)? Someone just telling you about an alleged pet fire-breathing unicorn dragon is far removed from a claim to salt dissolving in water. It really sounds like you are willing to believe whatever tickles your ears and makes you feel comfortable. Do you believe everything you hear?
I'm not trying to prove supernatural or extraordinary claims with this. I'm trying to say that I do not personally need to experience something to know it is true. It is acceptable to read what others wrote. Otherwise, we can never say that anything written is credible. "I never saw Julius Caesar, therefore his existence is inconclusive" is not ignorant. Wouldn't you agree?
I desire evidence, but I don't need first hand experience.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
