[lbo-talk] A time of doubt for atheists

Mycos mycos at shaw.ca
Sat Jul 30 21:55:46 PDT 2005


But surely the facts of a matter speak to truth better than some "mere mortal" saying that they've had an experience wherein they are certain that they now know religion X, y or Z is the true religion, no?

Autoplectic wrote:
> On 7/30/05, Mycos <mycos at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>But this only highlights the nature of the conversion experience. Is
>>it based on rational thought or merely a sense of profound
>>realization about the "rightness and truth" of their thoughts?
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>> I myself have had such an experience. But like the deja vu
>>experience, the mere feeling does not make it true *in fact*.
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> Facts don't speak for themselves.........................
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> The conversion experience has a history, not a nature..............
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> What's a mere feeling, to be neurological about it?
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