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Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:41:00 GMT
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David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > You are confusing an overwhelming body of evidence that reduces the
> > probablity of inaccuracy to virtually nothing with "faith".
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> Not in the least. You're taking people's word for it. "That's a picture of
> the earth from a satellite. Here's Brazil." Proof? Only if you *believe* the
> person.
You can log in on a website and access sat photos. Ones detailed enough to
identify your own car in a parking lot. Those satellites can then pick out cars
in Brazil. If you have the infinite time, you can step your way from wherever
you live to Brazil in overlapping pics. Proof enough for ME.
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| (...) Aha! EXACTLY the point. "Proof enough for YOU" != "Proof". Right? Becuase if I say God exists because I've had "Proof enough for ME", you'd argue that I was wrong, I assume. But back to Brazil-- You'd probably concede (I hope) that if there (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
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| (...) Not in the least. You're taking people's word for it. "That's a picture of the earth from a satellite. Here's Brazil." Proof? Only if you *believe* the person. And that's faith-- at least in my book. Faith in that person's credibility, and (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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