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Old 09-24-2007, 08:43 AM   #61
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Yes. Billions in fact. BUT, just in the minds of the believers.
Of which you are one, perhaps.
No, I'm imagination handicapped.
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Old 09-24-2007, 08:45 AM   #62
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That is so very easy to write in lieu of fact and reason.
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As are your vapid insults.
Yet more cheapness.
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Deal with the Russell argument
If you don't give your argument, you don't have one. Bare links are usually meretricious.
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Old 09-24-2007, 08:45 AM   #63
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Of which you are one, perhaps.
No, I'm imagination handicapped.
Too late!
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Old 09-24-2007, 09:03 AM   #64
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Yet more cheapness.
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Deal with the Russell argument
If you don't give your argument, you don't have one. Bare links are usually meretricious.
More insults.
What a surprise.
If you don't want to look it up, fine.
For anyone else interested: there's no need to waste any time on this argument; it was thoroughly dismantled by Bertrand Russell.
My expanding on it would be superfluous.
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Old 09-24-2007, 09:09 AM   #65
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The only drawback is that people are often liable to be too free with the benefit of the doubt with regard to themselves, though.
It make no sense to speak of giving one's self the benefit of the doubt.

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Obviously we have different perceptions of what constitutes average ability.
I measure it for a living and have done so for the past 17 years.

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Absolutely. So we must reject the claim here that

'The supernatural cannot happen'

until such time as, for the first time in history, convincing evidence is supplied to support it.
I've already agreed that it is indicative of a closed mind but I would also add that it is stated in an inherently logically problematic fashion (in the same way as your recent attempt to shift burden).

The emphasis should logically be placed upon any evidence alleged to support the claim. An absence of such evidence warrants rejecting the claim as lacking sufficient support for credibility.

No credible evidence supporting the claim = no credible claim.
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The only drawback is that people are often liable to be too free with the benefit of the doubt with regard to themselves, though.
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It make no sense to speak of giving one's self the benefit of the doubt.
It is the mark of mankind, imv.

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In Alaska?

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Absolutely. So we must reject the claim here that

'The supernatural cannot happen'

until such time as, for the first time in history, convincing evidence is supplied to support it.
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The emphasis should logically be placed upon any evidence alleged to support the claim.
We are agreed.

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An absence of such evidence warrants rejecting the claim as lacking sufficient support for credibility.
Quite so. So the proposition that the supernatural cannot happen is not carried.
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There's nothing to find.
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This is a little off topic but it has bothered me for a long time. If Jesus played baseball would he hit a home run every at bat or would he lay down a sacrifice bunt occasionally?
Jesus would not play any game that Americans play.
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This is a little off topic but it has bothered me for a long time. If Jesus played baseball would he hit a home run every at bat or would he lay down a sacrifice bunt occasionally?
Jesus would not play any game that Americans play.
Because he never existed.
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Jesus would not play any game that Americans play.
Because he never existed.
Notice, reader, to whom this remark was directed.
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