Almost certainly not. So many people on Quora keep asking questions of the form ‘Has this happened?’ where ‘this’ is something which would break physics. Obviously they haven’t thought things through. Stuff that breaks physics is important, and important stuff makes headlines. If ghosts, or ESP, or an afterlife are proven to exist, you won’t …
Category Archives: Prophecy
What makes a prophecy testable?
We can distinguish several types of alleged prophecies: For sceptics, the problem with prophecies is the same as the problem with miracles; if God is supposed to bring them about in order to make people believe, then why doesn’t he make them convincing? Tell me in advance the hour, minute and second when the Dow Jones …
As an atheist, how do you prove that Gautama, Mohamad, Jesus, are not a prophet who deliver word from God?
Atheism is merely a state of disbelief. Atheists as such are not obliged to ‘prove’ anything. But most atheists will point out that where there is no evidence, it is rational to withhold belief. And there is no reliable evidence that any of those people, or anyone else, has ever delivered ‘words’ from any god. …
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