RE: Theists, are you immune to being decieved?
November 18, 2013 at 5:26 pm
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2013 at 5:34 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
(November 18, 2013 at 5:05 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: You could be undergoing an extremely potent hallucination, after all.
This is true, and while I can only speak about personal experiences of such things. There is a state of awareness during hallucinations that lends to one recognizing that things are different than "normal". Even in the state of experiencing a hallucination, and especially after, rationality can be applied. It is the ability to reason with the phenomenon in question that allows one to arrive at it being a "hallucination", or an inaccurate representation of reality.
When reason is chucked out the window, it is not perceived as a hallucination, it IS REALITY to the one attempting to make sense of the experience. This is somewhat the crux of religion and its associated claims. It's the line between fantasy and reality; Theism Vs. Atheism. IMO
(November 18, 2013 at 5:22 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: How does someone with a broken "God antenna" know that their minority world view isn't the deluded state?
Did you watch the video? It may be helpful if you make an argument against some of the things being said in it. It's only 6 minutes or so. Surely you have the time.
Secondly,
How do you know that God doesn't merely exist only in the heads of people that think there is a "God Antenna" extending from them?
I'm not saying that God doesn't exist. I believe he does. He's in your head. I also believe that he's as subjectively real to you as your favorite food. But, how do you know it's anything more than that? Surely you must have evidence for such an objective claim. No?
(November 18, 2013 at 5:22 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: How does someone with a broken "God antenna" know that their minority world view isn't the deluded state?
Again, I'm open to the idea that there's a God. I'm genuinely willing to revise my stance on God and adopt the one that you have. But if you think that it's a reasonable position, you have to provide evidence for it.
A lot of people thinking something is true, doesn't make it true. Do you really not understand that?
Your same question could be directed at you toward Allah, and yet, you are not convinced. Why do you think that is?
