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Whether Jesus is God and knew all that the Father knew is a topic for another thread, but ...
Why don't God/Jesus regularly speak to seekers directly, and instead we are required to only "hear him" through others?
For example, the twelve apostles heard Jesus directly, and Jesus apparently commanded them this: "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet."I do hear from the Holy Spirit directly. Not even the detailed hierarchy of Catholicism precludes that from happening. What "requirement" are you talking about?
Right, but you were, and that's what I'm trying to point out.
Curious skepticism is just an active mind.
I don't see your point that people aren't generally skeptical in this way about the burden of proof as true.
How often do you see people in any forums on the Internet questioning the burden of proof as soon as someone puts it down?
When I debated in GA it was a daily occurrence.
People who have discussions where you might invoke the burden of proof seem to understand it quite well in my experience.
Sigh, GA, the good old days.
Really? I saw a lot of people thinking the burden of proof didn't apply, but never anyone who was skeptically questioning the validity of the concept of the burden of proof.
I would define "personally verifiable" as things like direct experiences with God or Jesus. Why were such direct experiences given to people 2,000 years ago, but we are denied the same?
By the way, does PoS stand for "Something Something Salvation" ? Like Plan of Salvation or something ? I did a quick Google and nada. "PoS" really only means one thing in my mind, which you probably didn't intend ...( I'm actually a PoS person )
How I recall events is that whenever someone would invoke the burden of proof on someone who didn't feel feel they had the burden there would be a big fat argument about it that would generally include it's justification.
There are often disagreements about who has the burden and why, which is of course why I looked it up a long time ago.
Well I can definitely see that.
The ironic thing here is that the people most likely to question the burden of proof are those who most want it to not be applicable, i.e., almost always religious people with grand claims without justification.
People are indeed more likely to question what works against their desires, that's simple confirmation bias.
I have though over the years seen a lot of arguments that are burden shifting arguments that try to make the person not claiming things disprove the argument, which makes the person not making unjustified claims then defend themselves by correctly applying the burden.
I marvel how an ancient middle-eastern sacrificial blood religion (among many others) became the largest world religion.Compared to the total of humanity it was only a handful 2000 years ago in a backwater Provence of the Roman Empire.
What kind of "good enough" viable evidence do you have for your faith?
I marvel how an ancient middle-eastern sacrificial blood religion (among many others) became the largest world religion.
I marvel how an ancient middle-eastern sacrificial blood religion (among many others) became the largest world religion.
Other religions also talk about the span of a human's life.To me, they are the features which show a perfect match among the nature, the human, and the doctrine.
For example, the Bible says we can live up to 120 years.
And there are many others.
Christianity, I mean. After all, doesn't Christianity claim to be the correct fulfillment of the OT texts (and therefore, modern Judaism being an incorrect interpretation of those same texts)?My understanding is that Judaism is actually not the world's largest religion.
I would define "personally verifiable" as things like direct experiences with God or Jesus.
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