(April 30, 2015 at 4:16 am)Riketto Wrote: i have no other choice than to say i believe considering that i am talking to people who only understand something
if they can see it in a physical-mental way.
Why should be a.......crackpot idea .....when the feeling is so strong?
The problem for you is that many of those here can understand things in more than a physical-mental way. Many of the people here were 'spiritual' before they became atheists. You err in presuming that because someone is committed to a physical-mental explanation of the world that they cannot understand in your way.They can, but they have realized the fallaciousness of depending on that. Around the world there are many varieties of Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Taoist and many religions that I can't even name. Perhaps some are just practicing 'religion', but in those are also people who are spiritual, and they feel those same intense feelings about their particular beliefs. Strong feelings can be wrong. They can't all be right about their 'chosen' spirituality. But you and they can all be wrong.
I was a Hindu until earlier this year so don't presume that I can't think "beyond the physical-mental" — I can — and so can many others here. We've just come to realize that depending on 'feelings' and 'spiritual intuitions' just leads nowhere. There is no check on the things you will believe because of 'feelings'. You can see that from the variety of spiritual practitioners all claiming to have found "the true intuitional science." It's a given that all but one group of you is likely wrong. What besides 'feelings' do you depend upon to tell you that you are the one who is right?