Malcolm McMahon wrote in message <379d4968.732142 at news.demon.co.uk>...
>On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:35:33 -0400, "Ken Collins" <KPaulC at email.msn.com>
>wrote:
>>>Malcolm McMahon wrote in message <379d5d33.13532628 at news.demon.co.uk>...
>>>>>[...]
>>>>>The test, of course, is Popper refutability. If a scientific theory is,
>>>in fact, wrong then it ought to be possible, at least in principal, to
>>>disprove it. If you make some technological device based on a falacious
>>>theory odds are it won't work.
>>>>>>This is invariably not the case with religious theories
>>>>>[...]
>>>>i'll gladly accept, in-person, before fair witnesses, any challenge with
>>respect to the claims i've made with respect to the Teaching of Jesus.
>>>>So give us, for example, a solid testable (in this world) prediction
>based on beliefs about Christ.
>
Thank you for pointing that out. It's largely a battle of opinions and
interpretations here, there's not much we can test objectively. We can find
Appalachian zealots who do all sorts of wierd things "in Christ's Name", but
as for testing the teachings of Christ, that often requires an abnormal
amount of "faith". Could this be the Ultimate Placebo Effect?
And about getting into heaven? That requires death. Hm.
"Flatliners", anyone?
