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What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?

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RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?

August 30, 2016 at 9:10 pm

(August 30, 2016 at 8:59 pm)robvalue Wrote: I'll give you a very quick demonstration that almost everyone who claims to be receiving messages from God is, in fact, not:

People making such claims disagree with each other about what God says and wants.

The only other explanation is that he intentionally misleads almost everyone. In such a case, any messages from him should be disregarded.

I would agree... contradictory claims cannot both be true!

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