Elby wrote, in part:

John W. Burgeson (johnburgeson@juno.com)
Sat, 13 Dec 1997 08:52:18 -0700

Elby wrote, in part: "The question of whether extra-naturalistic
hypotheses and
explanations can be tested in any adequate way thus remains open
and unanswered, I think"

I will debate this assertion. If you put the word "scientifically" before
"tested" in the above, you may have a point, though the ID people might
object.

But there is scientific (objective) data, and there is non-scientific
(subjective) data, and there is a third category, private data, which is
objective only to one person. And this private data, I assert, allows one
to test extra-naturalistic (supernaturalistic) hypotheses and
explanations.

I assert that I have so "tested" the "Jesus" explanation and concluded
that rejecting it would be illogical. For me.

Burgy