BilliardsBall
Veteran Member
This isn't about me. I don't claim to have done biased studies that count as evidence for anything. That's you doing that. I'm the one questioning your claims. If you're interested in doing actual science, you should get used to your claims being questioned, because that's what it's all about.
Remember back when I was asking you questions about your prayer "studies" you had talked about doing when you claimed that all your prayers have come true? I had asked you to demonstrate that. You couldn't, because your "study" was simply based on your biased personal opinion. Something that is not demonstrable to anyone isn't really that informative or helpful, is it?
There you go again. This is where you run into problems. You can't claim statistical significance without being able to demonstrate it. Basically, we're just going on your opinion here.
How did you determine it is not due to chance? What is your sample size? We don't have to go over this again, do we?
You keep saying this and yet I've asked you several times to point out where you thought I was being rude (because I don't generally like to be rude) and you have still not done it.
What I actually said was this:
"I have assaulted you in no way. I have not been mean to you. What I have done, is ask you to verify your claims. That shouldn't be too much to ask on a debate forum. In your mind, if that is rude, then so be it, I guess."
So yeah, I guess if you think debating in a debate forum is rude, then I'm being rude. However, I do not define rudeness in that way, and I doubt many other people do either. I'm here doing what I'm supposed to be doing here. You are here complaining about it and branding debate and questioning of claims as rude. So there's nothing I can do about that but disagree with your definition. If you just want to define anything that questions your claims and beliefs as "rude" then I guess an awful lot of people are going to seem rude to you. So again I will suggest that debate forums aren't for you, given that you apparently think debating and questioning is so very rude.
Look, you are making claims about the world that you declare to be the absolute Truth. Is it really all that surprising to you that people would question how and why you've come to such determinations, especially when many other people either can't see what you see, or believe in different god(s) or Truths? That's all I've ever wanted to know about your beliefs (other than what they are). Why do you believe the things you do and why should others believe them as well? That's the bottom line. If you can't demonstrate something, why should anyone just believe whatever you say?
While I can concur that you have moved from being rude to being merely annoying, I'll repeat, since you seem to misunderstand scientific rigor and the scientific method:
1) I have seen supernatural answers to prayer hundreds of times
2) I have seen skeptics act rudely thousands of times
3) I have had my prayers answered for my benefit and those I was praying for thousands of times
4) I have seen money miracles via tithes and gifts hundreds of times
5) I have seen hundreds of people converted away from horrible addictions and brokenness, and recognize that the greatest active converts in the last century have been ATHEISTS
When I see things occurring hundreds or thousands of times in a formulaic way--a way(s) outlined in the Bible, I eventually have to conclude (or re-conclude) one of the following:
1) I'm guilty of intensive apophenia
2) I'm misreading thousands of iterations
3) It's all real
YOU CAN PROVE THIS ALL REAL by, for example, praying and tithing, and you CAN DISPROVE this all by loving me instead of being (rudely, still, looks like) annoying!