WOTM: What Would It Take?
In this video, I ask: What would it take for you to believe in some miraculous event or miracle worker today — minus something like cell/video camera footage, which didn't exist 2,000 years ago? I don't really have to ask you folks. But for believers... what quality of evidence would it take?
In terms of something like The Resurrection, for which there are no contemporaneous eyewitness reports, we're left with the possibility of either first-hand, second-hand, or third-hand reports. And that's the best case scenario! Instead, we have sixth-... seventh-hand (twentieth-hand?) reports from anonymous persons writing in another language. Is there anyone who would accept such "evidence" for some miraculous event or miracle worker today?
I don't think so. #specialpleading
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Comments (4)
If someone wanted me to worship one of these other dead guys from history, then I would want more proof of their existence.
Ooookay… the check's in the mail, Mr Deity!
You read about a guy that heard that some other guy knew a guy that had a cancer cure, don't you?
Any number of Christians will tell you that the Reincarnation is a cornerstone of the reason they believe. If Jesus had been a prophet, or Rabbi, or just teacher extraordinaire, his resurrection would have been a miracle. But if Jesus is a god, his resurrection is a cheap parlor trick. Jesus pretends to go to the afterworld (Just where is it that he went? Did he just take a nap in that tomb?) and then after a short time reappears, ta da! An easy trick for a god, but something a mortal cannot pull off by himself, without supernatural help anyway.