• Shizrak@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    That’s fair, and you’re entitled to believe what you like.

    My faith tells me that the possible (though unlikely) set of events must be true, as the alternative is impossible and just as unlikely.

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      2 months ago

      How is it impossible?

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        2 months ago

        In the simplest possible terms: people do not come back from the dead. That is an impossible thing.

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          2 months ago

          And how do we know this?

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            2 months ago

            Logic and reason from billions of people’s shared experiences on the earth.

            Feel free to die and return and prove me wrong.

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              2 months ago

              So, you’re saying Jesus didn’t rise from the dead because it’s impossible. And that we know it’s impossible because nobody’s risen from the dead, which should include Jesus because you reject that he rose from the dead because it’s impossible.

              Isn’t this circular reasoning?

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                2 months ago

                Sure. Whenever discussing religion one will fall into circular reasoning, because faith itself is circular reasoning. One cannot use logic or reason to get out of a position that logic and reason did not get them into.

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                  2 months ago

                  How is faith circular reasoning?

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                    2 months ago

                    And forgive me for my use of “impossible” earlier, that’s not my position.

                    “Highly improbable” is a way better qualifier.

                    Not going to edit it because it ruins the context.