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23 Post author: Aiyen 08 October 2014 09:02PM

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Comment author: gjm 09 October 2014 11:16:32AM 1 point [-]

Sure. But it doesn't sound as if Aiyen is seriously considering the possibility that that sort of New Age ideology might be correct. If his/her question is about (say) evangelical Christianity versus scientific naturalism, then explanations of miracles in terms of latent psychic powers don't increase the credibility of Christianity.

Comment author: ChristianKl 09 October 2014 11:42:10AM 2 points [-]

I think that looking at a variety of different belief systems shows how bad Christianity actually is. It underlies that there little reason to prefer Christianity over alternative belief systems.

Comment author: gjm 09 October 2014 12:43:19PM 1 point [-]

That was part of what I was trying to point out by observing that if the evidence for Christian miracles impresses you, you should probably be comparably impressed by the evidence for miracles from any number of other sources.