A prayer group in Washington DC is claiming the credit for the recent sharp drop in the US price of petrol. Go here.
(Published in Faith and Philosophy 2011. Volume 28, Issue 2, April 2011. Stephen Law. Pages 129-151) EVIDENCE, MIRACLES AND THE EXISTENCE OF JESUS Stephen Law Abstract The vast majority of Biblical historians believe there is evidence sufficient to place Jesus’ existence beyond reasonable doubt. Many believe the New Testament documents alone suffice firmly to establish Jesus as an actual, historical figure. I question these views. In particular, I argue (i) that the three most popular criteria by which various non-miraculous New Testament claims made about Jesus are supposedly corroborated are not sufficient, either singly or jointly, to place his existence beyond reasonable doubt, and (ii) that a prima facie plausible principle concerning how evidence should be assessed – a principle I call the contamination principle – entails that, given the large proportion of uncorroborated miracle claims made about Jesus in the New Testament documents, we should, in the absence of indepen
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I think the whole thin is rather badly made - there is far too much repetition and very little in the way of analysis.
It looks rather as if the makers really struggled to find more than 30 minutes of (in their view) watchable TV in 3 weeks of filming despite carefully seeding the group with all the mainstay stereotypes beloved of "reality" TV.
We've had this and "Make me a Muslim". Any thoughts of doing a "Make me a neo-Platonist" or something a bit more challenging?
Like ending hunger? Disease? War?
They seem to have focused on a very selfish desire...
Why does this group think that we have to accept it from them? From any other group its sorcery and witchcraft.
What do you call soothsaying when Christians do it? Prophecy, apparently.
Many think God's intervention can revive the dying
Actually why don't they just go away into a quiet corner and pray for the end of atheism?
Every week, 1 group is proven right and given sufficient news coverage. The other remains silent. Continue weekly and we'll always have one claiming credit, unless price remains unchange.
Its the same with the weekly lottery winner..does it mean everyone will strike?
I commanded the sky to rain today and lo the rain has come. I am powerful indeed!!!.....of course I live in Ireland where it always rains. I'm not quite ready to command the sun to shine. I'm powerful, not stupid!
well as I see it doesn't matter. The prayer worked.
Actually I was suggesting that by going into the other room I couldn't here the caos as much. But I'm going to say that it was because of they prayer.