[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 2 11:30:29 PDT 2005


--- Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote: In the case of (A), positive evidence for a categorically metaphysical entity, strictly speaking, cannot be provided, and claims for positive evidence for its manifestations in nature are either easily debunked hoaxes (like claims of miracles)

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How do you know all claims of miracles are easily debunked hoaxes? Have you studied them all? No, you haven't. You're just assuming it a priori because your worldview says such things don't exist. This is a faith-based claim. It is a claim I tend to agree with, but that does not mean it is not a faith-based claim.

Doesn't the Roman Catholic Church have a pretty rigorous (whatever that means in this context) miracle-hoax-debunking process? They're not morons.

Nu, zayats, pogodi!

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