Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To   : jimmylogan
From : Boraxman
Date : Tue May 20 2025 22:16:15

  Re: Re: Most memorable modern
  By: jimmylogan to Boraxman on Mon May 19 2025 02:52 pm

 > Moved to 'religion' ...
 > 
 > -=> Boraxman wrote to jimmylogan <=-
 > 
 >  Bo>   Re: Re: Most memorable modern
 >  Bo>   By: jimmylogan to Boraxman on Sat May 17 2025 08:02 pm
 > 
 >  > -=> Boraxman wrote to Jcurtis <=-
 > 
 >  >  Bo> In the end, it comes down to whether you believe a claim made by
 >  >  Bo> another human being or not, and for me, I generally don't.
 > 
 >  > Do you believe George Washington existed? Abraham Lincoln?
 > 
 >  > Or another leader from your history that existed before
 >  > photographs?
 > 
 > 
 >  Bo> There are multiple sources which all corroborate their existence.  If
 >  Bo> they did not exist, there would be problems explaning our world.
 > 
 >  Bo> This is different to the Gods people have believed in, in which, if
 >  Bo> they did not exist, would not cause any explanatory problems.
 > 
 > We have eyewitness accounts that corroborate the existence of Jesus
 > the Christ. He claimed to BE God and said He would die and rise again
 > after three days in the ground. He did this - again, eyewitness
 > accounts corroborate this.
 > 
 > If He managed to do this, then His claim of being God is legit.
 > 
I understand the argument, but I have a book which has eyewitness accounts of
aliens.  So...
 >  >  Bo> I'm not close minded, I have experienced things that defy e
 >  >  Bo> myself, but I need to see/experience something myself to believe.
 > 
 >  > I dare say you believe a LOT of what you have been 'taught' to
 >  > believe, even though you didn't see or experience it... :-) Most
 >  > of us do.
 > 
 >  Bo> Not all of it.  There are some things people say are true, which I know
 >  Bo> are not, and there are some things people say are not true, which I
 >  Bo> know are.
 > 
 >  Bo> As for things that I did not see, such as the Cambrian explosion, my
 >  Bo> adherence to that truth is as strong as it needs to be.  The more doubt
 >  Bo> I have, or more specifically, the more the possibility that there is

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