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To: alexander_busek
But it does NOT follow that we HAVE to accept as TRUE unsupported accounts from disreputable or disputed sources...

Quite correct.

I am, however, at a loss to find something to believe in that is not disputed or considered disreputable by someone.


Experience shows us that Nature does, truly, abhor a vacuum, so Man finds something to believe in - even if it's merely his own assumptions about how the world (should?) works.

344 posted on 09/04/2023 4:11:30 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
I am, however, at a loss to find something to believe in that is not disputed or considered disreputable by someone.

Look I provided you with several examples of "extraordinary evidence" and "extraordinary claims" - as well as with several examples of banal / trivial claims.

Was I not convincing? Were my examples not convincing? Is it not obvious?! Is not my tag-line BROADLY true? THEN SAY SO! Agree now with my tag-line. You haughtily dismissed it in your earlier post, essentially quibbling about the meaning of "is" - although it is pretty obvious. Please, not cat-and-mouse. When you've raised an objection, and I've dealt with it, then please be so polite as to acknowledge that before beginning with a new attack!

Experience shows us that Nature does, truly, abhor a vacuum, so Man finds something to believe in - even if it's merely his own assumptions about how the world (should?) works.

Now your are "diluting" the discussion. You are veering "into the weeds" by making overgeneralized, feel-good, pseudo-profound statements - that sound conciliatory - that slyly introduce additional points serving to further cloud the issue at hand.

Let's stick to the basic thesis statement, shall we? "God should be perfect and all-powerful. But God doesn't want to restrict our Free Will. Except when God restricts our Free Will by destroying cities. But God doesn't want to stop mass murderers because of... something."

Regards,

355 posted on 09/04/2023 4:30:08 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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