Re: No logic.. only Foolishness.
Russell Stewart (diamond@rt66.com)
Wed, 04 Jun 1997 13:46:04 -0600At 12:47 PM 6/4/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 11:38 AM -0400 6/4/97, Jim Bell wrote:
>>If you delve into the quintilemma in full, I think you'll see that the
>>excluded "alternatives" violate the rule of probability. E.g., that Jesus
>>"could have just been having fun" is so weak it is not a real alternative at
>>all. The quintilemma depends on reasonableness, and holds up solidly.
>
>My point was that, without even considering what alternatives might exist,
>the fact that people from all walks of life have believed in Him over 2000
>years is difficult to dismiss. He might be able to fool some people, but
>the spectrum of people you would have to label as fooled, deluded, etc. is
>so braod, you'd be indicting essentially all of humanity. Mass delusion
>over 2000 years seems absurd to me.
It seems like perfectly normal human behavior to me.
_____________________________________________________________
| Russell Stewart |
| http://www.rt66.com/diamond/ |
|_____________________________________________________________|
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | diamond@rt66.com |
|_____________________________|_______________________________|
2 + 2 = 5, for very large values of 2.