Creationists think Evolutionists think like Creationists.

Oddly enough (pun intended), your take doesn't seem all that more optimistic to me. Christian theology usually states very few will make it to heaven and so the odds would suggest he will likely wind up in hell.

I thought there were goods argument for some of the NT to be written in the later part of the first century? Can you point me to the thread you feel discusses NT dating the best?

Jar, he's invoking the old, "The spirits/gods won't appear around unbelievers excuse." He isn't saying to my understanding that there's studies that this is true, so much as providing an excuse as to why scientific testing of the paranormal fails.edit. Sorry, I see he tacked on a study claim in a later post.Edited by Trae, : No reason given.

Seems to me there are studies which could be done where you'd really have to stretch the definition of participants to say that non-believers are interfering. For instance, if the test is say telekinesis, skeptics don't have to be physically present and could swap in believers. Mechanical devices could be created for psychic card readers (clairvoyants and not telepaths obviously). I see no reason why prediction require the skeptic to be present, same with remote viewing.The world is so vast and we have so much recording equipment that it seems telling that we only get after the event accounts. I've yet to see some psychic out of the blue really come up with something. What I do see, are interviews with psychics bragging about how helpful they were.I think it was Penn of Penn & Teller who pointed out that if the psychics didn't see 9/11 coming then they're BS.