Randy, you equivocate as if the strength of the two claims are equal. They are not.
One is a mundane claim, the other is not. Nonetheless, I would not expect you to accept that claim on the basis of my word alone.
However, if you cared as much about truth as you apparently do about scoring cheap rhetorical points, you could:
* Speak to people who were there, all of which (to my knowledge) are still alive.
* Speak to the attending physician.
* Speak to the E.R. physician who intubated me.
* Speak to the anesthesiologist who put me into an induced coma.
* Speak to the multitude of nurses and technicians who cared for me.
Yep, all of that's just testimony, but it's first person testimony. But wait, there's more!
* You could examine the medical records
* You could examine the insurance records
* ...and the billing records
* ...and the canceled checks that paid for the service.
All of this would tell a coherent and mundane story, all within the realm of ordinary human experience, backed by documentation written by people who were actually there, who's identities are known, and who may be questioned about it.
In any case, the cheap rhetorical point you're so desperately trying to make is wholly irrelevant in my case, because I'm completely uninterested in yours, or anyone else's analysis as to the veracity of the gospels, because, quite frankly, I don't give a flying fuck whether they're true or not. I *do* care about demonstrating that your singular assertion that atheists, when close to deal, will certainly "make it right" with your God, your backpedaling from that claim notwithstanding.
You can backpedal all you like, you can misrepresent people's views all you like, but that just makes you an intellectually dishonest asshole in my view.
One is a mundane claim, the other is not. Nonetheless, I would not expect you to accept that claim on the basis of my word alone.
However, if you cared as much about truth as you apparently do about scoring cheap rhetorical points, you could:
* Speak to people who were there, all of which (to my knowledge) are still alive.
* Speak to the attending physician.
* Speak to the E.R. physician who intubated me.
* Speak to the anesthesiologist who put me into an induced coma.
* Speak to the multitude of nurses and technicians who cared for me.
Yep, all of that's just testimony, but it's first person testimony. But wait, there's more!
* You could examine the medical records
* You could examine the insurance records
* ...and the billing records
* ...and the canceled checks that paid for the service.
All of this would tell a coherent and mundane story, all within the realm of ordinary human experience, backed by documentation written by people who were actually there, who's identities are known, and who may be questioned about it.
In any case, the cheap rhetorical point you're so desperately trying to make is wholly irrelevant in my case, because I'm completely uninterested in yours, or anyone else's analysis as to the veracity of the gospels, because, quite frankly, I don't give a flying fuck whether they're true or not. I *do* care about demonstrating that your singular assertion that atheists, when close to deal, will certainly "make it right" with your God, your backpedaling from that claim notwithstanding.
You can backpedal all you like, you can misrepresent people's views all you like, but that just makes you an intellectually dishonest asshole in my view.
