> JDG wrote: > > > >From Greg Easterbrook: > > > Among other things, this book maintains that accounts of resurrection > >or walking on water should not put any rationalist off from faith, since > >who can say what is possible from the standpoint of higher knowledge? > > > > > Rationalists of previous centuries would have considered the Boeing 747 > >forbidden by physical law, or declared reports of heart transplants to be > >absurd superstition. > > The Fool replied: > >And Rain really does come from "doors" in the firmament, and there really > >are storehouses for snow up there. And giants, dragons, cocatrices, and > >satyrs really exist! And the Earth really IS flat, holding up the > >firmament on pillars, and being held up by pillars, and has seven > >corners. And worldwide global flood did occur, in 40 days no less > >(30.3FT /Hour). And All the saints really were reserected and marched > >through jerusalem despite the fact that no historian ever knew about it. > >And insects really do only have four legs. And some people really will > >believe any bullshit thats in a 'sacred' book.
I responded:
> Way to address JDG's actual argument, The Fool. Nice to know that you would > never resort to the strawman argument of using examples that the other > person never used.
The Fool replied:
Fuck me if I didn't mention the biggest so-called ressurection in the book of lies. I walk on water all the time, it's called ICE. So where is the proof that someone could walk on liquid water 2000 years ago? I havn't seen it. His argument is worthless.
If you think the argument is worthless, then attack the specifics of the argument. For example, you could have said that the comparison is faulty because the examples listed (airplanes and heart transplants) involve technology, and Jesus (and Peter) were not depicted as using technology when they walked on water. That would have been a useful argument that actually addressed what he posted, as opposed to being a strawman.
Reggie Bautista
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