(July 18, 2015 at 9:34 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(July 18, 2015 at 8:33 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: And that's supposed to be an indictment of myself and other atheists how?
Eyewitness testimony is the weakest form of evidence there is. Not only do we forget things, get confused about things, and otherwise have faulty memories, we can 'remember' things that didn't actually happen:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/01/p...committed/
Do you begin to understand why we put zero stock into eyewitness testimony? It's utterly unreliable. It's why legal professionals use it to corroborate actual evidence rather than relying solely on it. By itself, it just creates a narrative. Narratives aren't proof of anything.
In other words, Jenny's hypothetical experience may indeed be valid, but unless she can produce actual evidence of it, evidence that can't be more easily explained by something else (Occam's Razor is a bitch, innit?), her claims of the divine are meaningless.
So, to sum up, you would not believe her.
No, I would not. Don't feel bad. I don't accept any extraordinary claim at face value. My need for evidence isn't limited to gods.
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