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To: pnome
You believe she is your mother because you trust the testimony of witnesses, namely your mother and others. Many Christians believe the testimony made by witnesses that followed Jesus.

Except for their being more witnesses to Jesus's life than there are to your birth, it is no less rational for someone to accept the testimony of the witnesses to Jesus than it is to accept the testimony of your mother. In fact, you as a skeptic require less evidence of your mother's claim.

Testimony from multiple witnesses is far stronger evidence than a vision or an event that only one person sees. Like what you described you wanted for evidence, it could be the result of mental illness. But when many people witness the same thing, the likelihood that it happened is greater.

253 posted on 12/10/2004 1:22:05 PM PST by Raycpa (Alias, VRWC_minion,)
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To: Raycpa
Except for their being more witnesses to Jesus's life than there are to your birth,

Really? Where are these witness accounts documented?
260 posted on 12/10/2004 1:33:10 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: Raycpa

But I do not doubt that Jesus lived.

It is his claim of divinity that is extraordinary, and which requires more proof than the words of his followers.

My mother's claim to me, on the other hand, is not extraordinary. It is also very probable.


261 posted on 12/10/2004 1:34:26 PM PST by pnome
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