TomS wrote:Schultz wrote:Actually, Tom, it is the responsibility of the accuser to provide the proof. All that exists in that article are paper accusations and allusions to proof, but no real proof that is demonstrable nor verifiable.
In the US -- yes. But how does someone PROVE that someone did not exist when there are no documents to prove that the person DID exist.
The Russian Orthodox Church is full of "miracles" and other such stories because it still has an uneducated Russian peasant mindset.
How do you know there aren't documents to prove he exists? I hereby make the claim that Deacon Nikolai does not exist. He is the fabrication of Orthodoxy or Death. Prove you exist, Dcn Nikolai! And when you give proof, I will just say that OOD made the documents on photoshop. I mean come on, Tom. Do you know what the evidence is in Russia? No. Neither do I. That's why it's incumbant on the accusor. Until I read this, I had never heard anyone else say that Fr Arseny didn't exist.
As far as miracles, do you deny that miracles exist? People have been denying miracles since before the time of Christ, but that doesn't stop them from occurring! LOL
Anastasios
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