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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Orrex

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6. Professional lunatic Lee Strobel embraces exactly that mode of thinking

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 06:37 AM

Jul 2015

In his perfect screed of vomit The Case for Christ, he described an interview with some Godlover who said that the miracle of the resurrection would still be a miracle even if he used a time machine to journey back and discover that the tomb wasn't empty.

Stroebel found this a persuasive argument for the divinity of Jesus. That is, the objective disproof of a belief is taken as irrefutable proof of the belief.

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The self-reaffiriming believer [View all] Orrex Jul 2015 OP

I see this in the anti-GMO threads. Archae Jul 2015 #1

Impervious to facts. trotsky Jul 2015 #2

There is only one thing to do with a true believer and it works best Warpy Jul 2015 #3

How can you argue with such a true believer? AlbertCat Jul 2015 #4

At what point does belief cross over into insanity? DetlefK Jul 2015 #5

Professional lunatic Lee Strobel embraces exactly that mode of thinking Orrex Jul 2015 #6

Yeah, good luck with that. progressoid Jul 2015 #7

It's happening once again in GD right now. Orrex Jul 2015 #8