TW wrote: I "merely" say that my belief stems from my personal experiences, which shouldn't be denied as false because others can't be shown their truth."
Here is my problem with this TW, if we base our religious beliefs on experiences then we would have to include all the other religions out there that are claiming experiences as well. Christianity could not be the exception to the rule. Here are some examples I pulled from wikipedia to illustrate my point more succinctly.
Differing religious traditions have described this fundamental religious experience in different ways:
* Nullification and absorption within God's Infinite Light (Chassidic schools of Judaism)
* Complete detachment from the world (Kaivalya in some schools of Hinduism, including Sankhya and Yoga; Jhana in Buddhism)
* Liberation from the cycles of Karma (Moksha in Sikhism, Jainism and Hinduism, Nirvana In Buddhism)
* Deep intrinsic connection to the world (Satori in Mahayana Buddhism, Te in Taoism)
* Union with God (Henosis in Neoplatonism and Theosis in Christianity, Brahma-Prapti or Brahma-Nirvana in Hinduism)
* Innate Knowledge (Irfan and fitra in Islam)
* Experience of one's true blissful nature (Samadhi or Svarupa-Avirbhava in Hinduism)
Here is my problem with this TW, if we base our religious beliefs on experiences then we would have to include all the other religions out there that are claiming experiences as well. Christianity could not be the exception to the rule. Here are some examples I pulled from wikipedia to illustrate my point more succinctly.
Differing religious traditions have described this fundamental religious experience in different ways:
* Nullification and absorption within God's Infinite Light (Chassidic schools of Judaism)
* Complete detachment from the world (Kaivalya in some schools of Hinduism, including Sankhya and Yoga; Jhana in Buddhism)
* Liberation from the cycles of Karma (Moksha in Sikhism, Jainism and Hinduism, Nirvana In Buddhism)
* Deep intrinsic connection to the world (Satori in Mahayana Buddhism, Te in Taoism)
* Union with God (Henosis in Neoplatonism and Theosis in Christianity, Brahma-Prapti or Brahma-Nirvana in Hinduism)
* Innate Knowledge (Irfan and fitra in Islam)
* Experience of one's true blissful nature (Samadhi or Svarupa-Avirbhava in Hinduism)
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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