XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.philosophy, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: olrik666@gmail.com   
      
   Le 2016-04-09 23:10, Bob Officer a écrit :   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 16:52:26 +0000 (UTC), Bob Officer    
   >> wrote:   
   >> .   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:24:51 +1100, Sylvia Else    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 28/03/2016 12:44 PM, mur@. wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:25:56 -0400, Dale  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Do we abstract or do we just infer around unknowns or something like   
   that?   
   >>>>>>> Blind Faith?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Do only theists utilize blind faith?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Strong atheism is more faith dependant than any other religious belief.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How do you quantify faith dependency?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Believing it to be true without there being any evidence at all to support   
   >>>> it, or any evidence that could support it. As yet I've never encountered a   
   >>>> strong atheist--or anyone else for that matter--who could even imagine   
   evidence   
   >>>> that could support it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> How poor your reasoning ability appears.   
   >>   
   >>      Yet what I pointed out is 100% correct and there's nothing you can do   
   to   
   >> change the fact.   
   >>   
   >>> One needs evidence to support a   
   >>> claim or belief. The problem without evidence one would default to the   
   >>> negative.   
   >>>   
   >>> The bible isn't evidence,   
   >>   
   >>      Yes it is. Life itself is evidence.   
   >   
   > Except that life is not evidence.   
   >   
   >> All accepted miracles are evidence.   
   >   
   > What miracles?   
   >   
   >> All   
   >> miracles recorded in the Bible are evidence.   
   >   
   > so then do you accept the evidence that all other folklore is evidence   
   > also?   
   >   
   >> All saints are evidence.   
   >   
   > You have evidence saints is exist?   
      
   They do! A "Saint" is just a level of membership in a club.   
      
   I do have a club, and to be granted "Exalted Grand Puppa" status, you   
   have to find a way to be burned at the stake in my name : "Bacon".   
      
   Do that and I'll throw in a free, one-year subscription to Netflix!   
      
   > I know several of those so called saints   
   > were also evil and despicable men. So evil that by today's standards they   
   > would be considered War Criminal akin to the Nazi.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Atheists   
   >> lying about it are evidence. All medical miracles are evidence. All prayers   
   that   
   >> seem to have been answered are evidence. Death experiences people have and   
   >> recover from are evidence. The evidence we have of evolution is evidence.   
   The   
   >> success of AA and NA programs is evidence.   
   >>   
   >>> and has no more validity than any other cultures   
   >>> folklore and fables.   
   >>> There is little or no evidence found by archeology to support the claims   
   >>> made in the bible, and there is little or non-circular references to   
   >>> historically support the bible.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can imagine what sort of evidence it would take   
   >>   
   >>      I challenge you to try to explain WHAT type of evidence you think there   
   >> should be, WHERE you think it should be, WHY you think it should be   
   available to   
   >> humans, and WHEN you think it should have been or should be made available,   
   if   
   >> there truly is a God associated with this planet.   
   >>      That challenge will defeat you completely and entirely. You were   
   defeated   
   >> the moment I posted the challenge to you. Try proving me wrong.   
   >   
   > Any evidence other than your book of folklore and fairy tales.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
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