RE: Ok I admit it
March 4, 2014 at 2:37 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2014 at 2:40 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 4, 2014 at 2:21 pm)JesusLover1 Wrote: Did you guys ever think my mom just saw an angel?
Here are just some of the hurdles she would have to clear to convince us:
1. Provide demonstrable evidence that she observed something external to herself. That there was a real phenomena to even examine.
2. Provide demonstrable evidence that it did not have a natural explanation.
3. Provide demonstrable evidence that the supernatural exists.
4. Provide demonstrable evidence that angels exist as part of the supernatural.
5. Provide demonstrable evidence that what she saw actually fit the definition of an angel.
Etc, etc...
Until there is some real phenomena that is observable, there is no reason to include the possibility that she saw an angel. There are just too many natural explanations for what she claims she saw.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
