How insane is it for you to assume coincidence answers every vexing problem in your philosophy on the world?
A coincidence that molecules somehow crashed together and created living matter, then bugs, then eyes, then brains, all without an intelligent designer.
What a coincidence that these three little children predicted a miracle would occur for everyone to see 90 days in advance and then on that exact day and time they showed up, so did your so-called solar flare. One that not only does what a solar flare normally does, but also changed the colors of the entire landscape into blue, green, yellow and red. And not only that, but made the sun grow large and charge the earth. And not only that, but made one Marxist journalist open his mouth in awe, but the one next to him saw no sign of your solar flare.
IOW, you are playing games to keep your preferred agnostic philosophy showing any signs of life or plausibility. Sorry, it won't work.
You also are quick to embrace science and scientists when they champion your "religion," but when others with sound mind describe the miracle they just witnessed, now you are quick to call them victims of mass hallucination.
Maybe you can understand why I lose any zeal talking to the obstinate deniers.
"A coincidence that molecules somehow crashed together and created living matter, then bugs, then eyes, then brains, all without an intelligent designer."
Not only did i not argue this, but i'm an agnostic so i don't know is the appropriate answer. But anyways I find that to be more likely than a invisible magical sky entity who has always existed and created this entire universe and evolution so that eventually it could lead to the evolution, 5 billion years later, of some partially evolved apes. Also evolution is a fact, so once you have a self replicating molecule evoltuion carries it the rest of the way.
And its not a coincidence that molecules make certain configurations. its the law of large numbers. There is something like 10^70 atoms in the universe, and there are probably, in a very very modest estimate, 10^60 atoms that could form life in possible habitable environments throughout the universe. Give it 13.7 billion years and suddenly its likely that a self replicating molecule would eventually form. its not a coincidence, its just math and probability.
And a solar flare is also not a coincidence; its a completely valid explanation for the occurrence of the stellar optical phenomena you describe. Atmospheric ozone as well as water vapor can act as a prism for high intensity solar output creating a prism and distortion effect leading to a variety of colors and changes in the apparent size of the sun. The solar flare in 1917 was so power that it in fact broke telegraph lines because it was the flare of the century. Seems like a very good explanation because it occurred at the same time and produces results similar to those described. You're the one who is saying that is just a coincidence--i claim that as the cause, not a coincidence unlike you.
"And not only that, but made one Marxist journalist open his mouth in awe, but the one next to him saw no sign of your solar flare."
So he didn't see colors or changes in the size of the sun? Those are all signs of a solar flare. But that just shows you the unreliability of your observers-- the fact that they give different reports. And opening your mouth in awe isn't evidence for a miracle--it just means you say something that caused awe.
Why is a solar flare so unappealing to you? I mean you're actually the one claiming that it was only a coincidence--it was only a coincidence that the solar flare occurred at the same time of the so called
"miracle". I've yet to hear any scientific reason you think the solar flare isn't at least a possibility. I mean it is actually YOU who is such an obstinate denier in the face of such a good physical explanation. When you have a good physical explanation you don't need God, just like we don't need God to push the planets around because we have a good physical explanation.
"What a coincidence that these three little children predicted a miracle would occur for everyone to see 90 days in advance and then on that exact day and time they showed up"
Not only do I not accept that the children predicted a miracle would occur and instead only claimed that they did, but even if they did make the prediction they probably made like 30 other predictions that some generic miracle would occur, and selection bias made them seem correct when one happened to be correct. Plus it seems unlikely God made three random children prophets to use their clairvoyant skills to see some miracle 3 days in advance. It might also have a bit more credibility if they actually said what the miracle is going to be. Unlikely things happen all the time, which aren't attributed to miracles.
I'm still waiting for an explanation for how they knew which God or Gods allegedly caused this phenomena. I mean there have been a variety of Islamic and Hindu miracles that have a variety of first hand accounts, including many that say people remember their previous lives after reincarnation and allegedly know impossible things.
I mean this is just like the so called miracle of the star of Bethlehem, which was actually a supernova gamma ray burst observed by Chinese astronomers was declared to be a miracle.
"Maybe you can understand why I lose any zeal talking to the obstinate deniers"
Sorry i'm a scientist. i don't accept things willy nilly. I've heard similar arguments from alien abduction groups, Scientologists, Mormons, Muslims, African mythology, etc. If this so called miracle was shown in every city, even on the night side of the planet and reported by billions of people, then your miracle might be more legitimate, but that still wouldn't mean GOd did it--flashing colors and a blood red sun don't mean God. They could mean a variety of deities or maybe even super advanced aliens.I don't see how you can argue that a scientific explanation is less likely than a cosmic rave light show from God when he didn't make it clear at all who caused the so called miracle.
I mean i bet you believe in a variety of miracles--Johan and the whale, Jesus turning water into wine, the virgin birth, the resurrection, all of those.
"You also are quick to embrace science and scientists when they champion your "religion,""
You just called it a philosophy before this. Which is it? You only say religion because you want to say our positions are somehow . Agnosticism isn't a religion obviously. That's like saying not knowing about sex positions is a sex position. Its ridiculous.
"now you are quick to call them victims of mass hallucination"
Except I changed my position when i found evidence of a solar flare. I already agreed that they saw something, but im arguing it was a solar flare. You are sure quick to say that God did it though.
