(Corrie) wrote:

You're quite right, Bob. If a person is determined to disbelieve,
then no evidence can possibly change their mind. Their worldview
forces them to either discount or reinterpret every piece of evidence
shown to them. Likewise, it's not possible to convince the informed,
thoughtful believer that they are wrong, because they can answer the
skeptics from within their worldview. (The skeptics may not be
satisfied with the answers, but that's not the point.)

It is quite telling that your disbeliever "discounts or reinterprets
evidence" while your believer is "informed and thoughtful". In
reality, of course, a great many "informed and thoughtful"
disbelievers believe that believers "discount or reinterpret
evidence".

My studies convinced me that Christianity is
coherent, explanative, predicitve, internally consistent, externally
verifiable, and even - like any good scientific hypothesis -
falsifiable.

The faith-based beliefs of any religion, including Christianity, are
not verifiable by definition. Belief in the existence of God, gods,
heaven, or hell is faith-based.

David O -- http:.//www.AirplaneZone.com