Seeing is Not Always Believing.

Introduction:

I am not a Christian is the sheer lack of evidence.“extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” We have no good evidence that we have death-surviving souls or that anyone can or will resurrect our bodies. We have never confirmed that anyone was ever possessed by God. We have never observed anyone performing anything confirmed to be miraculous, much less rising from graves or any comparable ability. Christianity doesn’t come even remotely close to meeting this standard.

Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith (p. 40). Philosophy Press. Kindle Edition.

Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith (p. 39). Philosophy Press. Kindle Edition.

Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith (p. 39). Philosophy Press. Kindle Edition.

Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith (p. 37). Philosophy Press. Kindle Edition.

Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith (p. 28). Philosophy Press. Kindle Edition.

Question: Does Carrier have a point: Do we as Christian’s make extraordinary claim with extraordinary evidence? We have no good evidence nor have as any one observed some one rising from the grave?

For many, the only proof of any claim is, “See is believing” This is especially true of the atheist and intellectual.

The phase originated in 17th century by, Thomas Fuller, an English clergyman, The full quote is "Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth." Fuller was suggesting that believing and truth are two very separate matters altogether. The philosophical community

is known as a Confirmed Bias.