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Originally Posted by IROC
I didn't ask for proof. You said that divine intervention could have been a factor in the outcome of this aircraft mishap. That's a pretty extraordinary claim that would seem to require extraordinary evidence to support it. Yet you offer nothing more than "it could have been - I wasn't there" and go on to claim it to be a "knee jerk" reaction to assume that this was nothing more than a coincidence. 
I think the "counterpoint" to your point is that, in your case, no amount of evidence or logic will convince you of the folly of your purely emotion-based belief system. Occam's Razor indicates that this was merely a coincidence, why reach for something more?
See? You're just as entrenched in your belief system as I am in my system of non-belief. |
I'm not talking about this specific scenario. I'm talking about the greater "Is there a God" discussion that we had a few weeks ago. The one where you (and others) kept asking for proof of God's existence. I said it then that no amount of proof would ever be enough because you wouldn't accept it as proof. There would always be some other reason that you would take before thinking that it was proof of a higher power. I think this thread shows that pretty clearly.
And I never said I WASN'T entrenched in my belief system. I have no problem with the idea that I have faith in something that I cannot prove scientifically. That's cool with me. I have no problem with people not believing in a higher power. That's cool too. I just wish this silly "prove it" argument would fall by the wayside, where it belongs.