Others have done a good job of deconstructing this argument...
Not one person has answer the OP with respect; and you want me to believe they've done a 'good job of deconstructing this argument'?
I don't think so.
If they've done anything, it's burying it in loquacious noise, hoping it will dissolve.
... but I'd like to add another point.
By all means --- don't feel like you have to address it.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
I've got something better than "extraordinary proof" --- it's called "infallible proofs".
Acts 1:3 said:
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
infallible = incapable of failing
Claiming that the Mariana Trench exists is a lot different than claiming that Atlantis exists.
I never said a word about Atlantis. Atlantis was originally an island that, over time, became a victim of retroactive falsification (like when you catch a small fish, and over time, you've ended up catching a marlin), until it became a continent.
If it is so confusing to you, try to answer it from a
sans Bible perspective.
It's not a trick question, it's a leading question.
Claiming that a mountain named Everest exists is a lot different than claiming that El Dorado (the legendary city made entirely out of gold) exists.
Am I supposed to be acquiescing to some kind of point with all this excessive chat?
Claiming a leader named Napoleon led armies across Europe is a lot different than claiming a leader named Jesus performed miracles and came back from the dead.
Look, I'll tell you what: if it will make you feel any better, would you like me to start another Mariana Trench thread and specify in the OP that I do not want God or the Bible mentioned in it whatsoever?
Would that help you understand my point --- even a little?
Shoot --- someone might even answer it --- but I kinda doubt it.
That would take respect, and I guess respect hasn't evolved on the back of crystals yet.
The more extraordinary the claim, the more proof that is required.
Ya --- I've heard that kilotimes now; and believe me, the One Who made those claims backed them up in such a way as to leave science so far behind, it will never catch up.
If Jesus were to appear today and do 1/10 of what He did back then, science, with all of its fancy improvements over the last 2000 years, still wouldn't be prepared enough to ever understand it.
