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Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
RE: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
(November 11, 2015 at 5:44 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Do you only believe that which you can personally verify?
No. As I mentioned in the past, I believe what other people say if I have good information about how they establish their own beliefs. If they adopted them by culture, then I see little value in it (except cultural belonging). If they adopted them through good science, then when they say that "x molecule is introduced into a solution including y molecule, resulting in z molecule," then I will generally believe them. If they say, "I feeeeel the power of the loooooorrrrrd," then not so much, because I do not consider intuition a sufficient means of establishing truth.

Quote:   By the way, I think many have mistakenly assumed that I am looking to turn this into a thread showing evidence for God.... I'm gathering the arguments used against me here, to use against common descent evolution.  I have lots of new material, and best of all, I don't really have to investigate or understand the claims to use them.  Much less leg work involved.
Well, that makes you more interesting than I expected you to be. I look forward to seeing how your argument plays out, and I'm expecting a thread soon.
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RE: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence - by bennyboy - November 11, 2015 at 6:01 pm

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