From: bcash@crchh410.BNR.CA (Brian Cash)
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Help
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:22:40 GMT
Reply-To: bcash@crchh410.BNR.CA (Brian Cash)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.


Interesting suject line...

In article <1992Nov12.192506.26872@samba.oit.unc.edu>,
Mic.Oettinger@launchpad.unc.edu (Mic Oettinger) writes:
|>Ok, people, I have been reading this board for quite some time, and
|>personally, I must say both sides are arguing for nothing. You are all
|>wasting your breath because you know as well as I that there will never
|>be what you would call proof unless God shows himself to each and every
|>atheist in this world. Every atheist I have ever encountered sticks to the
|>tiring line, "If I didn't witness it, I don't believe it." First of all let
|>me ask you this: Did you witness any of the scientific proofs for anything
|>beyond what one can prove in an ordinary lab setting? Probably not. In fact,
|>I'm sure there are abundant examples where you are trusting the claims of
|>a few mere men (or women) without witnessing proof yourself.

I do not require first-hand proof so long as the proof is logical and
the source is reliable.
I am sceptical of anything else (there are some weird people out there).  

|>
|>As a second point, I'd like to assert that no human can even hope to talk
|>intellectually about the reality that exists beyond human scope. You have
|>no idea whatsoever whether unicorns really do exist or not because you have
|>not had the opportunity to visit any other planets in any other solar
|>system. So how can you be so bold to discount the existence of anything?

I am not. But I am bold enough to smack people on the head when
they are bold enough to assert the existence of anything on
little or no data.

|>
|>Thirdly, and I ask this out of sheer confusion myself (and I'd really like
|>true opinions on what you make of this), I am aware that your wonderful
|>scientists have now discovered a way to tap the area of the brain that
|>triggers out-of-body experiences, and that they now in fact have a laboratory
|>where one (with much money to blow) can experience an OOB. 

OUR wonderful scientists?  What are you, an alien unicorn?

|>Given that
|>after coming back from one of these the person can relay information which
|>occured in other rooms/states/countries/etc while they were 'gone', what
|>do you make of this obvious proof that the human body entails more than
|>its physical being? How would you explain this, and does this not provide
|>a damn good proof that when we die we are only leaving our physical body?

If it is real.  Ever hear of the term "mark" or "dupe"?
There is a long history of people paying $$$$ for scams involving
the supernatural.

|>
|>*Note: This is absolutely NO claim for Christianity or any other religion
|>       but merely a strong validation for eternal life. (no reference of
|>       Heaven, Hell, God, angels, etc. just the facts)

Lifeforce outside of the body does NOT equal lifeforce immortal.
What if you just disapate slowly?  Also, OOB experiences would
only show that awareness is not limited by the body.  It does
not prove life-after-death.
So much for the scientific proccess!

|>
|>I'd appreciate any input and anybody who would like to know where this
|>laboratory is, I can certainly give you that info.

1) An open mind is great, just be aware that some people lie.
2) Science is a methodology.  It can be applied to anything real.

So, where's the lab?

|>
|>Michelle----My opinions only, don't even try to call em yours!
|>
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