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Author Topic:   What if we observed direct evidence of a supernatural entity?
tuffers
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10-05-2009 5:23 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Otto Tellick
10-05-2009 1:23 AM


Hi Otto
I would rate myself about 6.9 on the Dawkins Scale.
My reaction to either scenario would be to consider it was fixed in some kind of way, however much an investigation would fail to find any link between the 200 individuals. I think a much more fool-proof scenario would be required to be convincing.
Even if I were convinced that scenario "A" was genuine (in the respect that the individuals were not linked in any way), it would be very provoking, but I still don't think I'd accept it as proof of the religion's "truth". Again, I think there would be much more convincing ways of demonstrating a religion's "truth", and I think any highly capable and intelligent supernatural god or whatever could come up with something better than your hypothetical scenario (or, indeed, something better than any other "evidence" than has ever been submitted for a supernatural entity).
I really don't think a lot of these hypothetical "what ifs ...". One esteemed member said the other day, "What if we found Noah's Ark?" as if that in some way was an argument for the existence of God. Saying "what if" doesn't in any way increase the likelihood of something happening or being true.

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