Christians. Could you be wrong?

[Simon Moon]

I do noy reqlly know if they have been abducted by aliens, I know it is claimed to have happened I have just never meet anyone with these claims.
You can never truely understand what someone else has experienced, therefore I don't know whether they have or have not experienced an abduction. You have to agree it is hard to understand some ones expeřience without having the same experiences.

Whether you've met any alleged abuctees or not was not my point. As long as you understand that these people exist and they truly believe they had this experience, is all that is necessary to understand my point.

I also did not say that you or I have to be certain that they were not actually abducted by aliens. I asked if you would believe them, or would you be skeptical?

I would not even claim to be absolutely certain that they were not abducted, only that it is highly unlikely that they were. And that being skeptical of their claim is the rational position to take.

To clarify my overall point, you would most likely show a bit of skepticism toward these people's claims of being abducted by aliens, even though they are first person accounts from sincere people that are alive today. Yet you show no skepticism toward even more extraordinary claims from hearsay accounts written decades or more after the alleged magic events from 2000 years ago.

To be honest I am not sure how to answer the last paragraph, I would say it is trust based, but I am not sure.

I understand you trust the veracity of the Bible, my question is, why? To reiterate, they were written by unknown authors decades or more after the alleged events. Why is that more believable than the stories of alien abductees directly from the people that claim to have been abducted?

A bit of a non-sequitur, but if you were born in a Hindu country to Hindu parents, or a Muslim country to Muslim parents, you'd be making much the same arguments you are making now, but you'd be referencing other holy books with equal zeal.