A little response to "How Did the Apostles Die?"
Brian Dean errancy@infidels.org
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 15:37:21 -0400 (00933554241, 37A4A1F0.252C4C47@worldnet.att.net)
> BRIDEAN
> Ok, would a godless communist be expecting a "miracle of the sun" to
> occur?
>
> Eric
> Sheesh.
>
> 1) present evidence of these "godless communists"
BRIDEAN
Try
http://www.fatima.org/faq01.html
ERIC
> 2) explain why you think all atheists have no belief in the supernatural
>
BRIDEAN
Well, perhaps you can tell me of some supernatural event you believe in?
No? Well what's the difference between that and having no belief in the
supernatural?
> ERIC
> 3) present evidence that they were actually convinced that the
> experience was real
BRIDEAN
By the way Farrell Till, pay close attention. Look up the web site
http://www.fatima.org/miracle.html
You won't find any account of "several hours" after it stoped raining.
In fact the person giving this personal testimony is a scientist and he
says that he has not experienced anything like this miracle since.
Perhaps you should send him instructions on how to blink his eyes
so that he can duplicate it.
> ERIC
> 4) tell the rest of us why their belief in the experience is any more
> valid than any one else
>
BRIDEAN
Actually the burden is on you to prove that. You seem to think that
being skeptical of believing that anything supernatural happened at
Fatima is better than believing in them. This is YOUR belief which
you must justify as being more valid than my belief that Fatima DID
occur.
> ERIC
> You've got your work cut out for you.
BRIDEAN
Well, I fulfilled my obligation by providing eyewitness testimony of this
miracle of the sun. Funny, I don't see any convincing evidence from you
that whatever happened was NOT supernatural. Please explain why
Dr. José Maria de Almeida Garrett, professor at the Faculty of Sciences in
Coimbra, Portugal would believe it if it was a mere natural occurance.