(June 15, 2015 at 6:53 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Do you believe in witches and magic?Sure you do. Just under a different name. You like most other people are suckers for good marketing. Just change the name of a product, and you foolishly think you have something different. Like for instance the dog food brand 'Kal-Kan' in the 80's was all but ran out of business because they were accused on using horse meat in their dog food. So what did they do? Changed the company name and produced new lables and kept right on pumping the same stuff under a different name.
The same is true here. 2000 years ago any unexplained controlled happening was magic, and the person in control if not a priest or prophet was a witch or sorcerer. Now if someone can produce some unknown or unexplained 'happening' to you, you would generally regaurd it as a matter of science and the person who performed it a scientist or doctor..
The same thing/event can be reproduced, but because someone some where can explain what has it is no longer magic.. which again it just marketing. because in the end whether you know if you know to just to mix equal parts of this specific black powder with this grey powder with 25% of yellow, then one has the power of thunder, fire and smoke.. Or if you know you can mix equal parts of charcoal, saltpeter with 25% sulfer you get gun power. Again the product is the same, the only thing that changes is your attitude or understanding of it and who weilds it.
Quote:I don't. Nor do I believe epilepsy is caused by demonic possesion.There is a large measure of faith to say what happened in demon possession of the bible was indeed epilepsy. As far as I am aware it takes more than a list of symptoms for doctors today to diagnois epilepsy. But, if your a man of faith with out a need for any evidence then who am I to argue.. We have those people on this side of the fence as well.

Quote:The bible sure does. Not to mention the talking animalsI guess your not familiar with the more modern term for this.. 'Voice over.'
Eddie murphy made a donkey talk and no one even blinked an eye, They just excepted it. (Again it's all just marketing sport.)
Quote:flood that killed everything after only 40 days of rain, ark, etc etc etc. It's all nonsense. The bible contradicts with reality.It wasn't just rain. How can you say it is all bunk if you don't even seem to understand what is in it? Again I guess this is all just a matter of blind faith for you. I guess you are one of those who simply believe what someone 'smarter' than you says without question or need for evidence.