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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence (video: Atheist Experience caller)


One thing Russell missed here, or maybe he didn't want to confuse the caller further, is concerning the caller's statement about 1½ minutes in:


Well, I'm not using that, you know, to define and represent millions of people out there.


To that, I would say it would be even more important to provide extraordinary evidence for her extraordinary claims, if those claims were true and people's eternal souls were at stake.

Although believing Russell's claim at face value would mean she is gullible, believing or not believing his claim would make no difference to her well-being one way or the other. Her claim, on the other hand, could have devastating effects either way. If true, and if she doesn't provide sufficient evidence to convince someone, then that person could be damned for eternity. If false, but she manages to convince someone that it's true, they could waste a huge portion of their short lifetime worshiping a non-existent deity, and even become bigoted and hateful if they were convinced that this is what her deity wants.



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I really can't comment on that......because I do not believe myself to be "gullible", but had I been having a conversation and someone said, they "rose from the dead", it would be the same as "I had dinner out." In other words, no big deal.
Perhaps, it is religious. My Path has possibilities for people to 'raise from the dead'.....as well as coming back in different forms, many times over.
Perhaps I'm not understanding what you are trying to accomplish with that video...*shrugs* It would not be the first time I was lost! emoticon
 

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I have a cousin who died in the hospital and was revived by doctors. When he told me about it, I knew it wasn't an extraordinary claim because that happens to a lot of people.

If someone told me they were dead for 3 days and came back to life just before they were about to be buried, I wouldn't believe it without some serious proof. Even if they and everyone else believed they were dead, they could have been exposed to a toxin that only made it appear so, or there could be another natural explanation that we just don't know about.

There was a story last year about a guy who supposedly died for 45 minutes, the doctors gave up on him, and he revived on his own. People kept saying it was a miracle, but my first thought was hoax or pufferfish.

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I suppose I could question some claims. Actually, I guess I do question a lot of claims. I think it depends on who I am talking to. I doubt I could question you on anything about coding. emoticon

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Lol. A lot does depend on who you're talking to, and what they're talking about, although I think I'm pretty good about saying I'm not sure about something if I'm not. emoticon

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Same here.....and I say it a lot! emoticon

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I can't count how many times you've said you're not sure about something you are actually 100% correct about. emoticon It's better than someone claiming surety about something they don't really know about, though, and it makes my job easier when I can just say, "Queeny's right." emoticon

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 emoticon And makes my job super easy when I look and see that you already answered someone. Cause I don't even have to worry! emoticon

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