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Folks lie for all kinds of reasons, and for reasons that you or I would find unfathomable. There are folks on this forum (and at least one host of the Paracast) who think that Christianity is bunk, and the many original "witnesses" to Jesus, and the many martyrs that followed - none of whom could provide hard evidence for their beliefs - were either completely misguided, mistaken or outright lied. Why those folks don't apply that same scrutiny to their own experiences, or the experiences of their friends, all of which are also without any corroborating evidence is beyond me.

That said, looking into my crystal ball, I can see Jim Sparks at home, carefully taking notes on David's and Gene's objections from the first episode, and meticulously culling over his book in anticipation of their objections in the episode to come.

I wouldn't be sleeping well.

<blockquote data-quote="hopeful skeptic" data-source="post: 8557">Folks lie for all kinds of reasons, and for reasons that you or I would find unfathomable.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are folks on this forum (and at least one host of the Paracast) who think that Christianity is bunk, and the many original &quot;witnesses&quot; to Jesus, and the many martyrs that followed - none of whom could provide hard evidence for their beliefs - were either completely misguided, mistaken or outright lied.&nbsp; Why those folks don&#039;t apply that same scrutiny to their own experiences, or the experiences of their friends, all of which are also without any corroborating evidence is beyond me.That said, looking into my crystal ball, I can see Jim Sparks at home, carefully taking notes on David&#039;s and Gene&#039;s objections from the first episode, and meticulously culling over his book in anticipation of their objections in the episode to come.I wouldn&#039;t be sleeping well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hopeful skeptic, post: 8557"] Folks lie for all kinds of reasons, and for reasons that you or I would find unfathomable. There are folks on this forum (and at least one host of the Paracast) who think that Christianity is bunk, and the many original "witnesses" to Jesus, and the many martyrs that followed - none of whom could provide hard evidence for their beliefs - were either completely misguided, mistaken or outright lied. Why those folks don't apply that same scrutiny to their own experiences, or the experiences of their friends, all of which are [i]also[/i] without any corroborating evidence is beyond me. That said, looking into my crystal ball, I can see Jim Sparks at home, carefully taking notes on David's and Gene's objections from the first episode, and meticulously culling over his book in anticipation of their objections in the episode to come. I wouldn't be sleeping well. [/QUOTE]

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