Saint Peter's Bones

[Jenny A]

You labor under the notion that somehow atheists, or me in particular, need to spend time and energy disproving all evidence of god in order to shore up our disbelief.  Not so.  I've never seen evidence of the divine that gave me so much as a twinge.  And I have no real interest in investigating every half baked relic or miracle as if it mattered.

How do you know that the Shroud is "half-baked" without investigating it? You just decided that in advance of actually learning more?



Atheist: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Theist: Well, consider the Shroud of Turin - an extraordinary artifact that science cannot explain.

Atheist: I'm not interested in investigating every bit of your "evidence" as if it mattered.

Theist:

The Shroud is an extraordinary claim.   I see no evidence connecting it (be it supernatural or as is most likely not) to Jesus.  Connection?  Nor do I see any evidence showing it to be supernatural.

Atheist: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Theist: Well, consider the Shroud of Turin - an extraordinary artifact that science cannot explain.

Atheist: That it is extraordinary is really just another extraordinary claim for which there is no extraordinary evidence.  Somewhere along the line you still need extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims.