RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
August 13, 2014 at 2:44 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2014 at 2:45 pm by Cyberman.)
(August 13, 2014 at 2:42 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I believe the point that Thump was making is that regardless of whether or not testimony is admissible in court, that's not how science works. Testimony and anecdote are not data, and when trying to determine whether or not something is factually true, testimony doesn't mean a damn thing, the evidence is what's important. The multiple of anecdote is still anecdote, and it isn't evidence or data.
Yes - this; exactly this

At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'