SnailyBoy Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have it: when you've eliminated all the other hypotheses... What have you eliminated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 What have you eliminated? Not I- but no other hypotheses withstand close examination, so logic should tell you that a Prime Creator is an inescapable fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Not I- but no other hypotheses withstand close examination, so logic should tell you that a Prime Creator is an inescapable fact. So you don't like to say "We don't know"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 That depends on how you 'know' something. To what standard of proof do you aspire? 'Beyond reasonable doubt' is good enough for most things, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 That depends on how you 'know' something. To what standard of proof do you aspire? 'Beyond reasonable doubt' is good enough for most things, isn't it? Scientific proof, testable, repeatable. Why would you settle for anything less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milquetoast1 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have it: when you've eliminated all the other hypotheses... All the other hypotheses, all of them, really? I don't think we've scratched the surface of hypotheses yet. As milquetoast1 would have it: when you jump on the first hypothesis with no evidence, what does that make you ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Paul Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 When something is handed down by word of mouth along with being translated there are bound to be discrepancies along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Not I- but no other hypotheses withstand close examination, so logic should tell you that a Prime Creator is an inescapable fact. You appear to misunderstand how logic works. ---------- Post added 24-07-2015 at 15:19 ---------- The stories we have about Muhammad's life are about as soundly based as our stories about King Arthur or Robin Hood. ...or Jesus Christ or God almighty, for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Paul Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 So who were Arabs worshiping before they called themselves Muslims? When was Islam formed/invented/started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 When was Islam formed/invented/started? Most sources date it at around 500 - 600 years after Christianity was formed/invented/started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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