Monday, April 3, 2017

Kangaroo Court

Just have to share this piece by James Webber dated April 1, 2017
Dr. George M. Stover Jr.

"Proof, Proof," you ask.
WARNING
Whatever you do, don't get trapped in the Atheistic kangaroo court.
(The name kangaroo court is a disdainful appellation for a judicial tribunal or assembly that blatantly disregards recognized standards.)
(Prejudicial bias of the decision-maker.)
(Such proceedings are often held to give the appearance of a fair and just trial, even though the verdict has in reality already been decided before the trial has begun.)
Consider:
Within Jury selection on a murder trial they ask a potential juror "Could you make a decision to convict on murder if the evidence merited such?" The juror responses by saying, "I do not believe in such a thing as the possibility of murder." Needless to say he would not be on the jury.
That's exactly what the thesis is up against in offering an atheist evidence. Like a kangaroo court its over before it starts.
In a normal court, if eye witness testimony does not exist, they rely on Circumstantial evidence.
(Circumstantial Evidence is also known as indirect evidence. It is distinguished from direct evidence, which, if believed, proves the existence of a particular fact without any inference or presumption required. Circumstantial evidence relates to a series of facts other than the particular fact sought to be proved. The party offering circumstantial evidence argues that this series of facts, by reason and experience, is so closely associated with the fact to be proved that the fact to be proved may be inferred simply from the existence of the circumstantial evidence.)
Since God's finger prints are to be seen throughout our existence, it becomes a point of fact for the theist.
If an Atheist is not willing to consider objective circumstantial evidence why even present it?
By concluding before hand there is no possibility of God, no evidence will be satisfactory.

On the other hand, when an Atheist dies and meets God and is shown all the circumstantial evidence it becomes undeniable that he should have perceived it.



Psalm 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

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