Sujet : Re: Evidence v Conclusions
De : rokimoto (at) *nospam* cox.net (RonO)
Groupes : talk.originsDate : 06. Apr 2024, 18:54:48
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On 4/6/2024 7:57 AM, jillery wrote:
A recent T.O. topic illustrated a poster's failure to distinguish
between evidence and conclusions based on evidence. My experience is
this is an especially common problem among pseudoskeptics. To further
illustrate the point, the following is a recent X post aka Tweet from
a U.S. Congressperson:
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God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent.
Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come.
I pray that our country listens.
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Stipulating for argument's sake that natural events like earthquakes
and eclipses are evidence of God's displeasure, that would still be no
reasonable basis to conclude what to repent about. ISTM as likely God
is pissed about willfully stupid people invoking God as a means of
virtue signaling.
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To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
The eclipse example indicates that the Congressperson's God planned his signalling of displeasure billions of years ago when the moon was created and started it's journey on an expanding orbit. Eventually the moon will get far enough away from the earth that it will not be able to occlude the entire sun as seen from the surface of the earth.We can even predict when Her God will be showing another bout of displeasure. We just can't predict what the god will be fussing about at that time.Ron Okimoto
Evidence v Conclusions
Re: Evidence v Conclusions