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Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:33:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Nathan Todd writes:
> I understand and accept your choice to withdraw from the debate, but I
> thought it worthwhile to point out the flaw in your basic premiss re:
> number-of-believers. If your intent is to validate Christianity by some
> statistical or scientific reasoning, it is imperative that you get your
> methodology straight.
Perhaps Nathan meant it in the reverse-- if it truly were a bogus religion, it
probably would have faded into the past by now (a sort of twist on Occam's
razor?). Since Christianity is still going strong after 2,000 years,
*something* is working (a parking lot full of trucks usually *does* mean good
eats;-)
Though numbers aren't proof, it is certainly evidence (however much weight you
care to give it)
JOHN
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| (...) But Buddhism is going strong for quite a bit longer, and Judaism is no johnny-come-lately, either. Are both of those belief systems as strongly validated as Christianity by virtue of their respective ages? (...) I like that analogy! (...) But (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
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| (...) Hmm... If popular opinion is all that's required to establish "proof" of a metaphysical entity's existence, then I'd say that the Christian God had better watch over His Shoulder. According to one set of statistics, Christianity can lay claim (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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