cass256

One step would be to look at incidents in the bible where sins were forgiven using no blood sacrifice at all. Then ask yourself, why a god would send himself, or a representative, down to do something totally unnecessary. After reading that none of the gospels are in accord on the significant details of the whole story, what is the point in trying to analyze text? If it was written by representatives of God, they would be specific and agree If you are analyzing the texts look for hidden meaning. With the stories so contradictory, there is a hidden message that everyone is overlooking, or the god you are dealing with is questionable at most.

Equinox

We are using the word “mystery" in two different ways. One is where we simply don’t have sufficient information (such as whether a coin flipped over one’s back into a river hit the water as heads or tails), and the other where a statement simply doesn’t make sense, such as if I claimed that 1+1=4. In the first case, that’s a mystery by definition #1. In the second case, it looks to me like its just a term that religions use to silence the discussion of something that is obviously silly ( definitions #6 &7 below).

Here is the definition:


So if we were going to allow that kind of mental sleight of hand, then why not just next claim that 1 + 1 =4? When any of us claim that it doesn’t, you can again state that it’s a mystery, and then again say that:

Hubris? You’ve got to be kidding me. We have two people here. One (me) is pointing out that being “separated� from yourself simply doesn’t make sense. The other person (you) is claiming that it is true nonetheless, and that if I was in the right religion I’d known better. So you are accusing me of hubris?

Rhutchin wrote:

Hey, let’s at least give this idea some credit – it is empirically testable. It seems quite possible to do a study examining the effect of prayer on, say, the criminal behavior of the person prayed for.

Of course, until such a study is done, rhutchin can’t claim that it is evidence that prayer works. For all he knows it could have zero effect or a harmful effect. Without the study, the most reasonable thing to do is probably to rely on the studies of prayer for someone else’s health, which show that prayer had no effect either way.


Have a fun day-

-Equinox

John A. Broussard

For the simple reason that your Readers Digest episode refutes a basic natural law. Ever hear of 32 feet per second per second?

Physicist would be fascinated at having such a dramatic refutation of the law of gravity. They would want to know why, how, when, where. They would definitely want to see if it could be replicated--preferably with something less than live individuals.

The possibilities for inventing safety devices based on this event would be enormous.

Need I say more?

darstec

You obvious didn't read the link I provided to the newspaper article of more recent falls from an even higher altitude did you? What refutation on the law of gravity? They fell, they just didn't die. That is biology. And it is obvious you missed my point on Heisenberg and its effect on physics.

How does one replicate an extremely freak event? All that shows is that things considered absolute are not. Yet that news article I provided you with shows such events are not all that infrequent.

John A. Broussard

Newspapers report Nessie monsters, UFOs and pictures of the Virgin Mary on freeway walls--every day.

Sorry, but I'm rather skeptical.