For many christians, personal testimony, personal experience is a really big deal.
But does personal experience really prove anything?
Isn't it at best like an ink blot test which reveals more about the person than provides any evidence one way or another about god?
Personal testimony is by nature subjective; moreover when the things experienced are non-material, there can't even be plausibility within what is generally knowable.
If your friend tells you he caught a fish thiiis big, at least we know fishes have been known to exist and can be interacted with in a stable way.
But does personal experience really prove anything?
Isn't it at best like an ink blot test which reveals more about the person than provides any evidence one way or another about god?
Personal testimony is by nature subjective; moreover when the things experienced are non-material, there can't even be plausibility within what is generally knowable.
If your friend tells you he caught a fish thiiis big, at least we know fishes have been known to exist and can be interacted with in a stable way.
"People need heroes. They don't need to know how he died clawing his eyes out, screaming for mercy. The real story would just hurt sales, and dampen the spirits of our customers." - Mythology for Profit
