Does God exist? (William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins debate) (29 Viewers)

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  • Man make God?

  • God make Man?


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Raz

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Nov 20, 2005
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Yes, it's a 2-way street. I've asked many times, especially when I was younger and without any doubt in god, to speak to me. Sadly, I heard nothing. But yes, go ahead and blame ME for gods' reluctance to communicate with me.
And this just seems angry.

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I'm not the only one to make this observation. If that counts for anything.
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
19,126
No, you're not getting it. You keep saying that we are discarding your personal experience as proof of god. That's exactly like discarding the personal experience of someone hallucinating. It can't be independently verified, so it's discarded.
No I guess that would be the same as we don't know what the hallucinations were so we would have to take their experienceinto account
 

Raz

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Nov 20, 2005
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No I guess that would be the same as we don't know what the hallucinations were so we would have to take their experienceinto account
What do you think about drugs and their place in your religion? I have a friend who is sort of die hard protestant, he wouldn't be making these kind of statements, he would be drugs are bad and anything under influence of them can be discarded. I'm just curious why would you side with the drug expirience and it's validity?
 
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What do you think about drugs and their place in your religion? I have a friend who is sort of die hard protestant, he wouldn't be making these kind of statements, he would be drugs are bad and anything under influence of them can be discarded. I'm just curious why would you side with the drug expirience and it's validity?
If anything, Hindu sages used to smoke marijuana before meditating. They saw it as essential to spiritual enlightenment.
 

Raz

Senior Member
Nov 20, 2005
12,218
Angry cos I'm blamed for not being able to communicate with a being that's outside space and time? You betcha!



It doesn't. What counts is what I confirm about myself.
It seems you are more angry with what you don't undestand, not that you can't comunicate with it.

And if that's what only counts, why are you so opposed to the idea of god? People do confirm their belief in god even though outside may (people like you) say otherwise.

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If anything, Hindu sages used to smoke marijuana before meditating. They saw it as essential to spiritual enlightenment.
Smart people they were :D

I'm more interested in andreas view, since he's christian.
 

AndreaCristiano

Nato, Vive, e muore Italiano
Jun 9, 2011
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What experience? The hallucinations were the experience.

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Kaching. Do you have a psy?
That's my point. So how can they be discounted just because it wasn't shared. Hallucinations have brought forth a lot of the worlds best art and even some important discoveries. So because one user didn't experience the same then it can not be a discounted experience.
 

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