The Silence of Heaven

[One Bad Pig]

And extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, right?

Not a valid line of reasoning, since one can always wave away any evidence as insufficiently extraordinary.

[JimL]

Not a valid line of reasoning, since one can always wave away any evidence as insufficiently extraordinary.

You certainly can, we've seen that for sure.

[One Bad Pig]

You certainly can, we've seen that for sure.

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[Apologiaphoenix]

I'll have to take your word for it, because I'm not too familiar with that.

Well, the people who have been granted such abilities have spent decades denying their desires through ascetic practices. Anything reflecting self-glory is rejected straitway. One also must have a deep knowledge of the Scriptures, so one can test the spirits to see whether they be of God; anything contrary to Scripture is also rejected out of hand.

If I were a new Christian, I'd probably go to Christians with more experience to see if they agreed. It is a rather extraordinary claim, yes?

Looking back, I wish I had, but the people making the claims for me were the ones I thought WERE experienced Christians.