Or do you always require very strong personally accepted evidence to support someone's claims?
2007-11-20 12:18:40 · 23 answers · asked by Holy Holly 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The greater the claim the greater the evidence required for that claim. If you tell me you ate breakfast this morning I will believe you. If you tell me You were kidnapped by a flying saucer I would need far more evidence.
2007-11-20 12:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately,I've found the testimony of others to be not too reliable.You have to try and find the underlying motives,suppositions etc. before you can begin to build trust.Expert testimony is usually a little better.I'm a strong believer in extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.As someone who dabbled in the magic industry,i learned a lot about human behavior.I learned how art full deception can be and how easily even smart people can be fooled, or worse,want to be fooled.In any event,healthy skepticism has helped me from being swindled plenty enough times to prove it's worth.
2007-11-20 12:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by vibratorrepairman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Testimonials are not proof... I don't believe the testimony of a religious person any more than I believe the testimonial of a person on an infomercial... "The Pasta Pot with holes in the lid changed my life."
If you want to believe the testimonial and buy The Pasta Pot or belief in a deity go for it... Just remember in little letters at the bottom of the screen it says "results may vary."
2007-11-20 12:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe much personal testimony. After all, there are lots of people on death row who were exonerated by DNA evidence decades after witness testimony put them away.
Do you believe I am abducted nightly by UFO aliens who beam me to their mother ship for medical experiments? Plenty of people in the world will give strong testimony to the fact that's exactly what happened to them.
2007-11-20 12:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always require evidence to support someone's claims. Trust no one; believe nothing, question everything, verify everything.
2007-11-20 12:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...no.
I respect their beliefs. To a certain degree.
But some of those testimonies are bizarre.
I find it strage that you can claim to hear voices and be visited by presences and then expect everyone to applaud.
But I mean, whatever you want to believe. Fair enough. Just don't expect me to take it all and nod along.
2007-11-20 12:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by munchkin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I think people who give "testimonies" are just good story tellers, or one of the few people who, in addition to praying, actually get off their butts and do something, but then swear up and down that it was all God's doing.
2007-11-20 12:41:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I normally require plausible evidence for what I'm being told...
The fact that I believe what people I trust tell me can be substantiated by scientific methods....let's say I rely on experience in absence of facts.
Churches like any other people-controlling institutions, lie and deceive in order to gain control, you should now that already.
2007-11-20 12:25:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I require some reasonable evidence before I will believe someone.
2007-11-20 12:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I always respect another's experience. I am happy when others are happy but it is "your" testimony not mine. It is your experience. Be at peace with it. I don't have to believe, that's your choice
2007-11-20 12:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋