In a series of papers, Firestone and his colleagues claimed various
kinds of evidence for the hypothesis, including deposits of the element iridium (rare on Earth but abundant in meteorites), microscopic diamonds (called nanodiamonds), and magnetic particles in deposits at sites supposedly dated to about 12,800 years ago.
Evolutionists have
all kinds of evidence for natural selection, but ZERO evidence for nothing turning into something and ZERO evidence for one creature changing into other creatures.
On another note, people may be biologically disposed to homosexuality (the evidence is hardly huge or even compelling, there's no clear cause / effect relation, and there hasn't been any of
that kind of evidence for lesbians.
Unless these aliens brought
some kind of evidence for their religion and the existence of their deity, such as a demonstration of the power of their form prayer, I really have to much to rethink.
but it is not necessary to find
this kind of evidence for the event.
Now that people are more aware of how this scheme works it might be a different story, just as how more people are now aware of how the Bible was actually written and the actual age of the universe to actually accept it as completely factual and as
any kind of evidence for a god.
If he did exist there would be
some kind of evidence for him, but there is none.
Not exact matches
We know a lot from various
kinds of evidence: a) the experience
of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance
of foreign buyers at the top end
of the market especially, as stated
for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging
of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young
of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).
«I think the only way a case could go forward on that basis is if there's some
kind of documentary
evidence — such as a text or an email — which indicates that (the election) was the reason
for the payment.»
«Actually Marx already predicted that there could be a
kind of socialism which combined socialist principles with the achievements
of Western capitalist civilizations but he didn't say how this
kind of socialism would work since there was no
evidence available during his lifetime,» Su Wei, a professor at a party school
for ideological training in Chongqing, in southwestern China, told the Global Times.
no apparent
evidence of ill - will, and 3)... an experience
of unity.Now, David, I haven't known you
for very long (blogwise), but I respect what I have read from yr deep and thoughtful spirit, so with that in mind, I just don't see how this personal experience is translatable or cd be used as some
kind of template when faced with the real Wal - Mart world.Do we not, like Jesus, show out true colours under pressure.Maybe I'm missing something... please correct me If I am and remember, I'm not into boob jobs (cleavage enhancement)
@Herbert What
kind of empirical
evidence do you have
for your belief in god?
There is no chance
for mastery in living, by working out what is properly credible on the basis
of notions like demonstration, experiential tests, sufficient
evidence, and so on» the fool's errands that modernity has sent us on, seeking a
kind of legitimation that neither exists nor is needed.
It is not the
kind of evidence that atheist's give me
for why they don't believe.
Seriously though, you're basing everything off a proposition with no
evidence, and the rest
of us are
kind of astounded that it's still viewed as sufficient justification
for policy, especially policies
of persecution
Another
kind of faith, you may call it that if you want, is the substance
of things that have substance and the
evidence of things we know and
of things that have worked
for us in the past.
There are all manner
of deist notions that will satisfy your requirement
for some
kind of causal agent, and none
of these represent
evidence for Yahweh / Jesus / Allah.
And I have no right to ask a poster
for the same
kind of evidence he has demanded from me many times?
At least, not the
kind of firm scientific
evidence you're asking
for.
It can not have done so, because all
of our
evidence indicates that the
kind of theological emphasis associated with the «last supper» in the gospels was by no means the major emphasis in early Christian communal meals from the very beginning, as it would have to have been if this had been the occasion
for them.
Such passages as the following seem to suggest that the
evidence Whitehead offers
for believing that CE is a unique
kind of perception and that it is not illusory, i.e., supplies the subject with (more or less) accurate information about its environment, is primarily a particular
kind of «experience.»
Whenever pluralism in theology resists the need
for argument, warrants, theory,
evidence, praxis, it becomes a
kind of Will Rogers pluralism: one where theologians have never met a position they didn't like.
It is a question not
of whether to consider the historical context, but rather
of what counts as historical
evidence and
of what
kinds of possibilities one will allow
for in using the
evidence to re-create the historical situation.
The hunger
for such support is perhaps best
evidenced by the explosion
of 12 - step groups, self - help groups and support groups
of all
kinds.
The rationalization
of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification
for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this
kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure
of respect
for them — but to shrug off a blatant act
of discrimination as the «work
of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't
for people having the courage to fan the flames
of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more
evidence of the ignorance
of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular
As
for failure to show that God exists, as I've asked elsewhere, just what
kind of «
evidence» are you looking
for, and just how long do you think it is going to be before you begin to contradict yourself, when it is pointed out to you that your empirical demand
for «
evidence» will only take you so far when it comes to knowing anything?
I suppose that if any athiests are looking
for their
kind of evidence (
of the existance
of a Creator) then maybe they should look into the way Einstein, Flew and other great thinkers arrived at their belief.
For my part, when I look at the way events unfold in the world, I do not see any evidence there of the kind of divine activity called for by the Whiteheadian notion of God's consequent nature weaving itself across his primordial nature and then returning the «superjective» vision back to the world in an operative, effective manner through the shaping of subjective ai
For my part, when I look at the way events unfold in the world, I do not see any
evidence there
of the
kind of divine activity called
for by the Whiteheadian notion of God's consequent nature weaving itself across his primordial nature and then returning the «superjective» vision back to the world in an operative, effective manner through the shaping of subjective ai
for by the Whiteheadian notion
of God's consequent nature weaving itself across his primordial nature and then returning the «superjective» vision back to the world in an operative, effective manner through the shaping
of subjective aims.
The complete absence from the kerygma
of a chronology
for the public ministry should have been sufficient
evidence to indicate that the
kind of historicity in which the kerygma was interested differed basically from that with which Dodd was occupied.
The same
kind of evidence you're asking
for to prove that there is one.
The words used in traditional forms have become meaningless and have no performative value, or, if they have, it is open to question whether the
evidence for their effectiveness can be found in church attendance or some
kind of social action.
I find it difficult in the face
of this
evidence to argue that the embrace
of this
kind of liberalism is a strategy
for Christian renewal.
The water
of life was given to us to make us see
for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly
kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger, than without its vision there is any
evidence we are....
There is a lot
of farcical chin - pulling in the book over various «possible candidates
for nothingness» and «what «nothing» might actually comprise,» along with an earnest insistence that any «definition»
of nothingness must ultimately be «based on empirical
evidence» and that ««nothing» is every bit as physical as «something»» — as if «nothingness» were a highly unusual
kind of stuff that is more difficult to observe or measure than other things are.
But, allowing
for considerable oversimplification, I can at least try to make clear the essential point: the understanding
of reality expressed in this
kind of metaphysics is one
for which all our distinctive experience and thought as modern secular men is negative
evidence.
You'll use things like «faith» and find all
kinds of justifications
for your belief, but in the end, you lack any concrete
evidence that your story is true.
Both
kinds of evidence need to be considered,
for while the letters provide invaluable insights into his mind and the way in which he viewed his ministry they do not set forth so clearly what it was that he did or the ways in which others viewed him.
I can not explain it, so that
kind of evidence is not enough
for me.
so much so that they seek out something without any merit nor even a shredd
of evidence and then claim it to be more then truth but the word
of god who
for all intents and purposes is equal to every other make believe creature in the entire history
of man -
kind!
Yet the
evidence of scientific research testifies to these hierarchies having an importance
of a
kind too great
for their existence to be merely fortuitous.
Now that
kind of thinking about God which looks
for evidence of His activity in phenomena which have no natural explanation is often referred to as a belief in the «God
of the gaps».
But the complete and utter lack
of any
evidence for the existence
of these gods makes believing in them
kind of silly.
I also believe that my faith is a choice, and am not so deluded as to think that there is either a valid, logical proof
for the existence
of God, or some
kind of irrefutable physical
evidence for God's existence.
That many Christians reject that the
kind of «
evidence» an atheist demands
for the existence
of God is necessary, and that it is perfectly reasonable to do so.
But does someone with a sharp intellect really bandy about quite so many assertions
for which he offers no
evidence of any
kind, as though they were so well known that proof is unnecessary?
You are free, as you say, to * choose * not to believe in God because you believe that there is insufficient
evidence of the
kind you would like
for God's existence.
When we speak
of «
evidence» we must look
for the
kind of evidence that is appropriate to the issue in question.
@jc,»... and atheists aren't willing to accept the notion that the
kind of «
evidence» they are searching
for may not reasonably be expected.»
But many stories in the latter category are the
kind of evidence Jesus himself rejected — signs to demonstrate his power (
for example, Mark 8:11 - 13).
thefinisher1 Are prosecutors, police and juries stubborn spoiled brats
for accepting what DNA, fingerprint, video, and all
kinds of other
evidence indicate about who committed a crime rather than having the faith to just take the accused word that they didn't do it?