Mantas 3 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 So you don't believe it was possible that once upon a time there was a hairy street spruiker that pulled out a loaf of bread and a fish and fed, say, SIX people with it? i had a recent conversation with a couple of Jahovah's witness door knockers about creation. She asked me what I believed. I simply said I don't know. In fact no one could possibly know how the universe was created. It's ridiculous to suggest that anyone could with an come up with an answer on that one. She was certain that a supreme being has designed everything. I told her that's just what she believed. It's called faith. If we knew all the answers with 100% certainty, it would be called FACT not FAITH. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 ah....but now you're applying reasoning......god-botherers don't like to apply reasoning to their beliefs, ties them up in knots Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Well Mantas maybe you should be a little more specific about what you mean by 'genuine credibility'. As a sceptic I allow for anything being possible but I also assign some probability to the possibility of something based on the credible evidence to support it. I'm not prepared to have absolute belief in anything in the absence of credible evidence. The subjective thing here of course is what you believe to be 'credible' evidence. This can be different for everyone depending on how credulous they are. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Have you ever seen a newspaper headline reading ``Psychic Wins Lottery" -- case closed. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 DiGriz there's also the fact that most major sceptic organisations around the world offer large amounts of money (up to $1 million) for anyone with psychic 'abilities' to go in and under mutually agreed upon conditions prove their abilities. Such prize money has been available for many decades and as yet has never once been paid out. If anyone actually truly had psychic abilities you'd think it would be extremely easy money wouldn't you? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yeah, and there's a magician who's a real debunker of these clowns -- is it James Randi or something like that? He can watch them for 3 minutes and then do their `act' even better than they can. It's interesting that the vast majority of humans have this need to believe in some form of the supernatural. I wonder if it's not linked in some way to self-awareness. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Supernatural - good tv show that btw Link to post Share on other sites
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