Re: Any Evidence for Doubting Thomas?

In article <dqmod8$oei$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bobby D. Bryant) wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, "thissteve" <thissteve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Deadrat wrote:
> >> "thissteve" <thissteve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > When people say there's "no evidence", it sounds like they're saying
> >> > that there should be evidence, but it's missing.
> >>
> >> That's exactly what they're saying. For example contemporaneous
> >> writings from those who weren't partisans, for example.
> >
> > So you are saying that history is enough to demonstrate the miraculous
> > to you. I don't think it is. I think that no matter what history you
> > were given, you would not believe that Jesus rose from the dead.
> >
> > Therefore history is completely walled off as evidence. Therefore "no
> > evidence" is an a priori philosophical position, and not the lack of
> > anything.
>
> So when *you* read ancient literature such as the Bible and the Iliad,
> how do you decide what miraculous/supernatural stuff to believe and
> what to reject as fantasy?
>
> You _do_ apply the same standard everywhere, don't you?

What the deities of the Iliad aren't true?

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