Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: November 1, 2026, 1:56 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Testimony is Evidence
#1
Testimony is Evidence
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
Reply
#2
RE: Testimony is Evidence
I saw an invisible dragon in my garage today when I got home.

Reply
#3
RE: Testimony is Evidence
(August 21, 2017 at 9:12 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I saw an invisible dragon in my garage today when I got home.

Well, slap my ass and call me Suzie!  Dragons are real!
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
Reply
#4
RE: Testimony is Evidence
Testimony has to be backed up with other evidence. Otherwise you could just lie, like accusing someone of being a witch. Did Salem really have a bad witch problem? Unlikely, but that's what it's famous for. That's all the good testimony can get you. A bunch of people rose from the dead and walked the streets, and 500 people witnessed it. We don't know anything about these people. Only that there were 500 of them.

You can't believe everything people tell you, unless they can back it up with something else. People lie. That's the problem with testimony.
Reply
#5
RE: Testimony is Evidence
So were doing this again . Are you a masochist road ?
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

Reply
#6
RE: Testimony is Evidence
(August 21, 2017 at 9:27 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: So were doing this again . Are you a masochist road ?

Wheren't you one of those who was criticizing me for not discussing?
But if you have something to add, or think part of what I said is incorrect...let's here it.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
Reply
#7
RE: Testimony is Evidence
(August 21, 2017 at 9:12 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I saw an invisible dragon in my garage today when I got home.

Angry Give it back! It's MINE! There is only one, is how I know! I swear it!
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
Reply
#8
RE: Testimony is Evidence
(August 21, 2017 at 9:27 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: So were doing this again . Are you a masochist road ?

It's my fault...

*hangs head in shame*
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
Reply
#9
RE: Testimony is Evidence
(August 21, 2017 at 9:21 pm)Chad32 Wrote: People lie. That's the problem with testimony.

That's one problem. The can also misinterpret what they see. They aren't necessarily in on the context of their observations, too.

Reply
#10
RE: Testimony is Evidence
Only if I can cross examine the witness, dummy.
Reply



Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
Video Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism Guard of Guardians 41 13252 June 17, 2019 at 10:40 pm
Last Post: vulcanlogician
  The Philosophy of Mind: Zombies, "radical emergence" and evidence of non-experiential Edwardo Piet 82 30652 April 29, 2018 at 1:57 am
Last Post: bennyboy
  Testimony: Are we being hypocritical? LadyForCamus 86 24282 November 22, 2017 at 11:37 pm
Last Post: Martian Mermaid
  Is the statement "Claims demand evidence" always true? Mudhammam 268 89841 February 3, 2017 at 6:44 pm
Last Post: WisdomOfTheTrees
  Anecdotal Evidence RoadRunner79 395 134441 December 14, 2016 at 2:53 pm
Last Post: downbeatplumb
  What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities? joseph_ 150 37857 September 3, 2016 at 11:26 am
Last Post: downbeatplumb
  The nature of evidence Wryetui 150 38823 May 6, 2016 at 6:21 am
Last Post: ignoramus
  Witness Evidence RoadRunner79 248 78662 December 17, 2015 at 7:23 pm
Last Post: bennyboy
  Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence RoadRunner79 184 62889 November 13, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Miracles are useless as evidence Pizza 0 1670 March 15, 2015 at 7:37 pm
Last Post: Pizza



Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)