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Re: Religion and Science
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 14:18:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> And yet, Bruce, if I said to you "there is a God who exists as revealed by • Jesus of
> Nazareth", what would be your first response? Maybe you'd say, "that's nice • for
> you, now run along and play" (oops, that's what *Lar* would say). But what if • I
> pressed and said,"No really, it's true!" Your next thought would be that you • would
> want *proof*. Is that inconsistent to expect? Or maybe you'd want evidence. • What
> amount of evidence would convince you? Hypothetically speaking, what *would* • it
> take to convince you as a skeptic?
You weren't asking me, but this is a great question.
I think direct observation of a miraculous occurance that I couldn't explain in
any other way more easily would cause me to seriously consider a divine
explanation. If I routinely conversed with spirits, I would probably reject
the notion that I was insane and accept some supernatural explanation (though
depending on my delusions, it may well not be Christian in nature).
I'm not sure what it would take. A plausible body of inexplicable evidence of
soem kind.
Chris
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| (...) I suppose the turnabout is fair, so I'll ask it: What evidence, if witnessed by or expressed to you (the 'you' being a believing Christian), would lead you to conclude that Christianity is incorrect, and that there is in fact no God (or at (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) And yet, Bruce, if I said to you "there is a God who exists as revealed by Jesus of Nazareth", what would be your first response? Maybe you'd say, "that's nice for you, now run along and play" (oops, that's what *Lar* would say). But what if (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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