Who to believe , Ham or Ross?

This is Spinal Tap.

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie

Seriously, now. This is Spinal Tap.It presents itself, straight through, as a documentary about a rock band. However, the rock band in question never existed. The movie is a spoof.While we're at it... The Office, The Blair Witch Project, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken, the writings of Herodatus... they all present themselves as fact. None of them actually are.

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie

Orson Welles did a neat radio broadcast in 1938 that was presented as fact, and accepted as such by those listening, creating widespread panic.It was about aliens colonizing Earth.

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie

So the important thing in establishing veracity is the number of people who believe, and the length of time for which they do so?Do you know what a huge freakin' logical fallacy that is?It's called argumentum ad populum.

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie

Oh, it was a wry comment.Then the Bible's veracity, based on presentation and acceptance, should be taken as seriously as War of the Worlds. Unless you have something that separates the two that isn't a whopping great logical fart?This message has been edited by [Dan's Clever Alias], 03-30-2005 01:08 PM

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie

Yeah, that's kinda my thing. Oh, so it is the millions who believe in it that establishes the veracity, then. In which case, we're back to the logical fallacy.Unless this is another wry comment?

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie

People, when I'm marvelling at the ridiculousness of a flamewar, it's officially time for an intervention.

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"You can't expect him to be answering your prayers when he's not real, can you? That's like writing to the characters of a soap opera and expecting a reply, Mr. Silly Sausage!"
-Jane Christie