Jose Fly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:33 pm
Inquirer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:26 pm
Not at all, my refutation (which is what it actually is) consists of repeated exposure of logical flaws in your reasoning.
Yes, that's all I have
Contradiction noted.
How did you establish that slave revolts were "not unusual" in ancient Rome?
Slave revolts are not unusual occurrences in our human experience. Do you dispute that?
So, no source, why am I not surprised.
Jose Fly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:33 pm
Are you of the opinion that we can believe any story that seems to be possible?
No.
Are you now claiming it is scientifically impossible for any person ever, to live to 900 years old? that you can prove this to be materially impossible?
Again, science does not deal in proof. You've been told this countless times by multiple people.
I know, so we agree then, you have no proof of the claim, it could be rare, it could be very rare but rarity isn't the same as impossible. Unlikely, rare, events do
sometimes occur which is why we have the term "rare" in our language.
Consider ball lightning, do you believe the stories about it or not? e.g.
The chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury, an English monk, contains what is possibly the earliest known reference to ball lightning, dated 7 June, 1195. He states, "A marvellous sign descended near London", consisting of a dense and dark cloud, emitting a white substance that grew into a spherical shape under the cloud, from which a fiery globe fell towards the river.
Do you believe that?
Jose Fly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:33 pm
And you did not answer my question. To repeat, 900 year old and 90 foot tall people are most definitely unusual and are not within the realm of our observed reality. There is no indication that such things are even possible for
H. sapiens, which is solid justification for doubting stories about such people.
Do you disagree?
Do I disagree with "900 year old and 90 foot tall people are most definitely unusual" - No, I agree.
Do I disagree with "are not within the realm of our observed reality" - Yes, I disagree (There are claims in the Biblical record from people who observed it both OT and NT).
Do I disagree with "There is no indication that such things are even possible" - Yes, I disagree (There are claims in the Biblical record from people who observed it both OT and NT).
There are also records of animals living to over 250 years, do you believe that?