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To: The Man
Well, I'm not aware of any documented incidents of people rising from the dead apart from the claims of certain religions (and the validify of those claims is at question to begin with). As for prediction of history, it could be a matter of precognition or it could be a "lucky guess". In the event of the latter, then humans are quite capable accomplishing that feat and in the case of the former I can come up with a number of explanations that do not involve a supernatural entity, only some of which inolve non-Earth life forms -- and I don't think that you are trying to argue that any sentient life form is a "god" simply because it doesn't come from this planet.
227 posted on 06/19/2002 2:08:16 PM PDT by Dimensio
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To: Dimensio
Depending on ones definitions, sentient life forms from another planet who were significantly more advanced and powerful than we were would come very close to being gods, at least in the sense that it has been used in the past by humanity, indeed many in the UFO crowd attribute certain specific alleged deities to ancient alien visitors.

However, backing up, I admit that I had assumed that you would accept my first premise for both syllogism, if not my second. And it seems that you do so in the people rising from the dead syllogism, although you are questioning the minor premise there.

At any rate, this goes to the larger point. You are incapable of accepting a logical proof for Christianity because you are not willing to accept the premises any such proof is or could be based on. But the premises themselves are not necessarily internally incoherent or lacking in any evidentiary support, you for whatever reason have chosen not to accept them. Thus, I would submit that it is not rationality or logic per se which is why you are not capable of accepting Christianity, but your own presuppositions.

Anyway, after this round of posts I am out of here for the evening. God bless you.

235 posted on 06/19/2002 3:10:17 PM PDT by The Man
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