RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
August 30, 2016 at 9:14 am
(August 29, 2016 at 10:35 pm)joseph_ Wrote:(August 29, 2016 at 10:31 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: Philosophy is not an actual science, dear.
Well maybe not, but philosophy establishes the definition of what science is based on argument and reason, rather than a magisterial argument (like citing a Scientific Academy's definition) which is based on an argument from authority.
Try to establish the bounds of science inside of the methods of one discipline of science and you will fail.
(August 29, 2016 at 10:34 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Why would anyone willingly accept such a claim without evidence?
But there is evidence, virtually all human societies have records and testimonies of people who had contact with spiritual entities. This is universal. Why be hostile to it?
Someone taking their experience or their opinion and jotting it down, is NOT evidence. All it is, is someone putting their thoughts down on paper. Nothing about that makes it true. Nothing about that equates to tangible, proven evidence via the Scientific Method.
Based on your reasoning, everyone should believe unicorns and leprechauns exist merely because someone, somewhere wrote down fantasies based off of their imagination.
Quote:Why not seek it out yourself? You can make contact with another type of life, I do it every day. I promise you it is real.
There's meds to help you. Again, just because you believe you can talk to imaginary, invisible beings does not make them real or factual.
Quote:I am not asking you to believe me,
Good because we don't.
Quote: I'm asking you to seek it out yourself because virtually all societies have testimony evidence and there is zero evidence to say that it is impossible.
Wouldn't that change your life if there were other forms of life besides humans? What if those spirits had a role in the origin of life on earth (as Richard Dawkins admitted was a possibility).
You are but one in a long line of many who prance in here trying to get people to follow along with your line of thinking and believing. This is yet another weak attempt at trying to convert logical, sane minded people to stupidly and blindly accept the unsupported, unverified, unproven claims that a magical sky daddy exists.
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