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I did answer the question: It depends. It depends on the situation. This is why I'm giving you an opportunity to define the situation so I can tell you which I would give more weight to ... "evidence" or "hopeful*" thinking.
Are you talking specifically about the existence of God?
Here I a scenario to help you. If someone comes up to you and presents arguments for a particular scientific theory, which are backed with evidence, peer reviews and experimental data to back it up. Yet you believe it to be something else, yet you have no proof, no evidence and no real logic, you just wish it to be true (hopeful thinking).
Would you accept the data that has been provided and agree that the original theory is correct, or continue to hope your blind faith is correct?
A simple yes or no question has evolved to this. Good grief.
Here I a scenario to help you. If someone comes up to you and presents arguments for a particular scientific theory, which are backed with evidence, peer reviews and experimental data to back it up. Yet you believe it to be something else, yet you have no proof, no evidence and no real logic, you just wish it to be true (hopeful thinking).
Would you accept the data that has been provided and agree that the original theory is correct, or continue to hope your blind faith is correct?
A simple yes or no question has evolved to this. Good grief.
Here I a scenario to help you. If someone comes up to you and presents arguments for a particular scientific theory, which are backed with evidence, peer reviews and experimental data to back it up. Yet you believe it to be something else, yet you have no proof, no evidence and no real logic, you just wish it to be true (hopeful thinking).
Would you accept the data that has been provided and agree that the original theory is correct, or continue to hope your blind faith is correct?
I'd agree that, at that point in time, all evidence points to the theory that is substantiated being correct.
Happy now?
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A simple yes or no question has evolved to this. Good grief.
Folks, people either have to "play nice" or else this thread will go the way of the others that have ended up getting closed.....And June's not looking to close a thread if she doesn't have to!
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Unfortunately not. Though I feel Pleroo wants to move to the next hand, but he's come this far, he has to show his cards.
