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We say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence but I am betting you could create ordinary claims about the supernatural that require extraordinary evidence.
Example: the deist god could make a four sided triangle.
We say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence but I am betting you could create ordinary claims about the supernatural that require extraordinary evidence.
Example: the deist god could make a four sided triangle.
Interesting.
The way I see this is that is both extraordinary and a non-sequitur, since a triangle can't have four sides by definition. So, once the purported deity made it have four sides it simply wouldn't be a triangle anymore by definition.