(September 20, 2014 at 10:35 am)C4RM5 Wrote: By saying I am skeptical, I mean I naturally question things.
Yes, well, some are better at questioning than others. As Simon Moon wrote, "Being skeptical is not appealing to an ancient book filled with magic, witches, dragons, gods sacrificing themselves to themselves, people living to 900 years old, a boat holding 2 or 7 of all the species on earth, men living in fish for 3 days, healing leprosy with bird blood, etc, etc."
From your posts, I gather that you quelled your "natural skepticism" regarding this nonsense because of your feelings. Need I point out that this is practically the precise opposite of questioning things? Again, what are your criteria for determining the truth of unusual or outrageous claims? Other peddlers of woo and religious bullshit also have strong feelings about their claims. What they lack is good evidence and a program for determining what constitutes good evidence. Your feelings aside, how would you rationally determine, for example, that the claims made about Jesus are true but the claims made about Apollonius of Tyana aren't?
