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Old 02-16-2016, 07:14 AM
 
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So if a person gets decapitated, I suppose next you would demand that God regrow him a new head.
Oh ye of little faith!
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:15 AM
 
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God reveals Himself to those who sincerely have a heart to seek Him.
You are correct. Confirmation Bias is the technical term for it.
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:36 AM
 
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You are correct. Confirmation Bias is the technical term for it.
The way you instant knee jerk reject any evidence that even remotely suggests the possibility of God only shows me that the bias is on your side of the fence.
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:39 AM
 
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Oh ye of little faith!
I don't need God to do parlor tricks in order to believe in Him. Besides Jesus did several miracles in His day that defied the natural world. It still didn't change the hearts and minds of the skeptics and it won't today. No reason to think that regrowing a limb would make you suddenly believe in God.
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Baldwin County, AL
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The way you instant knee jerk reject any evidence that even remotely suggests the possibility of God only shows me that the bias is on your side of the fence.
Too bad you haven't provided any actual evidence for us to have a "knee jerk" reaction to. A fire hand on a movie set and a truck moving is not evidence of the possibility of God. Maybe ghosts, but not God.


So bring your evidence to us Jeffery. If it is more of the fire hand, then you can keep it with all your other fantasy land "evidence", right beside all the "evidence" for aliens, Bigfoot, leprechauns, fairies....
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:57 AM
 
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Too bad you haven't provided any actual evidence for us to have a "knee jerk" reaction to. A fire hand on a movie set and a truck moving is not evidence of the possibility of God. Maybe ghosts, but not God.


So bring your evidence to us Jeffery. If it is more of the fire hand, then you can keep it with all your other fantasy land "evidence", right beside all the "evidence" for aliens, Bigfoot, leprechauns, fairies....
This old cycle routine again:

1. Demands evidence.
2. Evidence presented.
3. Instantly rejects or mocks evidence.
4. Claims no evidence was ever presented!
5. Repeat step 1.

The fire hand example was a documented case of the supernatural reported by a secular Hollywood film crew, not a church. You failed to discount it. Hint: Mockery is not discounting.
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:58 AM
 
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If you were God, would you really go to such efforts for people who hate and despise you? God reveals Himself to those who sincerely have a heart to seek Him.
Yes of course I would....and as a result they would believe I exist and might like me better. Just like my kids, I don't hide in my bedroom and say "oh they should seek me out if they want a relationship with me"....I actively participate with them.

But you're wrong about despising god. Despising the concept of a god that you believe in perhaps, but I don't hate things which do not exist.
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Old 02-16-2016, 08:19 AM
 
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Besides Jesus did several miracles in His day that defied the natural world.
Any evidence for this claim? ANY?
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Old 02-16-2016, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Baldwin County, AL
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This old cycle routine again:

1. Demands evidence.
2. Evidence presented.
3. Instantly rejects or mocks evidence.
4. Claims no evidence was ever presented!
5. Repeat step 1.

The fire hand example was a documented case of the supernatural reported by a secular Hollywood film crew, not a church. You failed to discount it. Hint: Mockery is not discounting.
A fire hand is not evidence of anything other than A) photoshop, or B) fire being in an odd shape. If I see a cloud shaped like the devil I don't assume that means the devil is real. If I see a photo of a cloud shaped like the devil, then I would wonder about photoshop. If there were multiple photos from different people then I would believe it. It being a cloud shaped like the devil, not that the devil made the cloud to look like himself or something.


There are many "documented" cases of the supernatural. So what? It does nothing to prove the Christian God, does it? If you think it does, I would love to know how.


So, present some actual evidence of GTFO.
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Old 02-16-2016, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Baldwin County, AL
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Any evidence for this claim? ANY?
The Bible, DUH!....
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