The Enduring Genius of ‘The Craft of Dying’

Re:The Enduring Genius of ‘The Craft of Dying’ by paulryanrogers on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @05:24PM (#33336369)

These testimonies describe outlandish things that have never been proven with physical evidence or reproduced in experiments over the centuries. And not for lack of trying. Conveniently they even claim the deity they describe is beyond testing--except of course giving its proponents a significant portion of your income for life. They are as much evidence as the Book of Mormon and testimonies of John Smith by his followers.

Just because an account is detailed doesn't mean everything it describes happened.

Jesus supposedly even claims prophets get no respect in their own town. Which is entirely consistent with how conmen are treated.

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Re:The Enduring Genius of ‘The Craft of Dying’ by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @06:03PM (#33336736)

You want miracles to be reproduced in experiments? That's kind of the opposite of what a miracle is. A miracle is something that can't be reproduced in an experiment, but which actually happened. (There's a bit more to it than that - it's not just random chance - but a miracle isn't just "science that wasn't known at the time".)

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Re:The Enduring Genius of ‘The Craft of Dying’ by paulryanrogers on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @07:11PM (#33337474)

> A miracle is something that can't be reproduced in an experiment, but which actually happened.

Which is why they are fantasy. In order to "actually happen" there must be observable change. And despite mighty efforts there is no physical evidence that defies simpler and more reproduceable explanations.

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