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Mar 09
While the fifth fact doesnt have quite the same virtual universal consensus, it nevertheless is conceded by 75 percent of the scholars and is well supported by the historical data if assessed without preconceptions. We are talking about superstitious people all following a fringe religion (save for Saul, but there is no reason to think he was any less superstitious), so when exposed to a phenomena they didnt understand they would applied a religious significance to it. In laboratories today we can induce religious experiences[15] by stimulating certain parts of the brain. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. Show me where the brains functions end and the souls begin. A subject I hope to expound upon at a later date. However that is besides the point. However without knowing exactly what is meant here by moral sense I cannot really comment further. I think doubt keeps me sharp(er). Doubt keeps me from dismissing good arguments for a deity out of hand. 5. The Teleological ArgumentGreg Koukl: Why is something here rather than nothing here? Clearly, the physical universe is not eternal (Second Law of Thermodynamics, Big Bang cosmology). Which of those two is the most reasonable alternative? As an atheist, you seem to have opted for the latter. Since I dont believe we can say whether or not the universe is infinite I dont accept that the law of excluded middle applies. The most reasonable alternative of all these options however, is doubt. 6. Through reason and the empirical data of our senses we can reach a close approximation of the truth. Many volumes of work are written in rebuttal to solipsism and external world skepticism.
