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Since many theists often propose that their subjective emotional experiences can be seen as evidence for God..?
Does that mean that my own LACK of such "confirming" subjective emotional experiences when doing the exact same things (praying, reading holy texts, etc..) when I was younger (and believed) should be taken as evidence against the proposition of God?
I should clarify, my agnostic atheism does not rest upon this argument at all, but on formal and precise logic, it is an intellectual position, not one based on emotion.
What I'm asking is, since so many (not all, but many) believers use their emotions (whether it's a subjective experience, or their emotional incredulity ~i.e. argument from design~ at the positions of science) as the basis for their beliefs, can we even the playing field and say that OUR feelings are evidence against Gods?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It is quite rational to be skeptical of any concept that requires faith to exist...
Source(s): Agnostic Logic - Andrew HLv 71 decade ago
I'll go further than that.
The next time someone with a psychotic condition, such as schizophrenia, murders someone because "the voices told me to" should we say "fair enough, we believe you"?
@Liberal - Unless you can demonstrate proof of your experiences to other people they are subjective. Buy yourself a dictionary.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I see a lot of people mistake either intellectuality or emotionalism for spirituality. That just means they havent any of the three qualities.
- Big BillLv 71 decade ago
Does your "subjective, emotional experiences" of love serve as evidence that you do love?
The manner in which one judges others is the manner by which one will be judged.
namaste
Emotions, akin to intellect are only aspects of the being of each persons.
They do not necessarily contradict and must be understand as relational and as working together.
The reality of the Surpreme Creative Force, the Ki of the Universe and all that eixst is self evident even according to modern physicist and as it was to the ancient composers of the Vedic scriptures.
namaste
- 1 decade ago
"Does your "subjective, emotional experiences" of love serve as evidence that you do love?"
Are you admitting god is merely a feeling inside your head? I have no doubt you FEEL these things, it's the part where they exist outside your head ruling the universe that is ludicrous.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Mine aren't subjective or emotional.
So if you limit yourself to your childhood experiences, you haven't yet attained the ability to think like an adult. Why would you artificially limit the types of evidence you'll accept?
