Quote:So if you accepted the authorship and their genuine testimony, you would have to deal with what they were claiming.
Correct.
Quote:For example, if the Apostles said they saw Jesus alive from the dead in various group settings then how would you account for this naturalistically if it was not true?
Several possibilities come to mind. Delusion, collusion, Jesus didn't actually die, and so on.
Quote:If you don't know any phenomenon that would convince you then what makes you think anything could convince you?
That's my point - I don't think anything would convince me, but I'm open to the possibility. If I KNEW of a phenomenon which would convince me, I wouldn't be an atheist.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax