(July 14, 2015 at 12:47 am)Randy Carso Wrote: And I'm quote mining Ehrman, O'Neill, and others so I don't have to re-invent the wheel every time an atheist says, "Show me the evidence." I will. click. click.
Are you sure you understand what quote mining is? It's not finding cases in which figures of authority agree with you or cases in which your opponents agree with you. It's using quotes out of context to misrepresent the views of the person quoted. It's a common creationist tactic. Darwin says evolution of the eye looks impossible, but here's how it could happen. The quote miner says, Darwin himself admitted evolution of the eye is impossible. In other words it's a rather ugly way of lying. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Quote_mining
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.