Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 23 2012,11:30)Quote (david @ Nov. 23 2012,06:21)Quote (david @ Nov. 22 2012,13:33)Quote Also ask yourself this question. If all that stuff is not real and can be explained as idiotic or as delusional, then why is it condemned practice in scripture. I think it is condemned not because it is not real, but because it is real…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Nov. 22 2012,13:33)Quote Also ask yourself this question. If all that stuff is not real and can be explained as idiotic or as delusional, then why is it condemned practice in scripture. I think it is condemned not because it is not real, but because it is real and hence why there are serious warnings given about getting involved in…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 23 2012,11:14)it does not matter how much you talk about this it will never come more than NOTHING AT ALL ,this is why the skeptic side is more appropriate for those discussionsWhat does “come more than NOTHING AT ALL” mean? What is “it”?

Quote Yes I am fully aware that tricks and cons are all about distractions and that in this case that woman would likely think it was miraculous. But can you use this as evidence to disprove all thingst8, no, I can't, and nor do I want to. We will go through all things. I have time.

An honest but mistaken man, once shown the truth, either ceases to be mistaken or ceases to be honest. T8, Lets go one by one and ill show you the truth. I'll let you pick.

….but, I will keep looking. (Although, I've been looking for 30 years, and so am growing less hopeful)

Although, t8 keeps mentioning athiesm for some reason. It feels like an ad hominin type of attack on me by somehow connecting critical thought and study to atheism, as if to smear the idea that thinking is bad. Quote So as I said before, you are exactly like the Atheist who thinks God is a trick of the mind and doesn't exist at all.I nowhere even…[Read more]

I don't think anyone is rejecting GOd in this thread. Or saying to be skeptical of him. I'm not sure a single skeptic of god has even commented in this thread. Is the “skeptics” thread for general skepticism? Like, I'm skeptical of the trinity belief?

Quote Yes I am fully aware that tricks and cons are all about distractions and that in this case that woman would likely think it was miraculous. But can you use this as evidence to disprove all thingsNo. But if we go through 10,000 other examples you may notice a trend.

Quote I saw this the other day and I think it is a true saying because so-called self appointed experts actually know much less than they think. They are over-confident about their field of expertise to the point that they become arrogant. Scientist who proudly exclaim that there is no God is a perfect example.I could pretend that I don't know how…[Read more]

Quote I don't think you are experienced or knowledgeable enough to put everything into the first 2 categoriesI don't. You keep staring this FALLACY as if to create a straw man argument.

Quote I think you have made a fundamental error by attributing too much to false memories and magicThat's why I suggest going through them one by one. There are millions. We should start now.

Quote Humans experience different things. Neil Armstrong went to the moon and I didn't. However, I am not going to say that going to the moon was a trick just because it is out of the realm of my own experience, even if the flag was waving and there was more than one light source in photos taken from the moon.That's large enough to have its own…[Read more]

Quote At some point you have to admit that some things are real and some things are tricksNever said nothing is real. You seem to want to ignore reality about ouija boards and blur that by making the conversation vague or about something else.

Quote Tricks do not explain everythingNever said they did. But ouija board, is explained by the ideomotor effect, memory, the love of stories, hit and miss confirmation bias, stooges, etc.

Quote (Colter @ Nov. 23 2012,10:05)Jesus was resurrected in a new form, the same form that we will have at the resurrection. The body of Jesus returned to the dust.ColterColter. Many on here disagree with you. See:”Jesus resurrection–a puzzle” thread. It discusses whether he was resurrected as a human or a spirit.

Before modern times, being burried alive was very very common. I imagine in lands that aren't advanced it still happens sometimes.

Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 23 2012,07:17)Quote (david @ Nov. 23 2012,01:42)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 23 2012,05:55)To all,Exodus 7:10King James Version (KJV)10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.Was Aaron a…[Read more]

WAKEUP, not sure, but you may think you are in another thread.

Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 23 2012,05:55)To all,Exodus 7:10King James Version (KJV)10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.Was Aaron a trickster?Exodus 7:11King James Version (KJV)11 Then Pharaoh also called the…[Read more]