RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
August 31, 2016 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2016 at 9:41 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(August 29, 2016 at 10:35 pm)joseph_ Wrote: But there is evidence,
No, there isn't. You're mistaking claims for evidence.
(August 29, 2016 at 10:35 pm)joseph_ Wrote: virtually all human societies have records and testimonies of people who had contact with spiritual entities. This is universal. [...]
LOL... That's because telling fantastic stories to gullible morons has always been a great business. Having sex for money is universal too. Human psychology is structured around seeking agency and it's very overactive in that department, often leading to false positives - which is why we easily accept antropomorphized entities as explanation for things we don't understand.
Virtually all the "records and testimonies of people who had contact with spiritual entities" can be explained by known psychological phenomena. No need to invoke "extra dimensions", gods, fairies, witches, devils, time-travelers, or ghosts.
Spirituality is a substitute for knowledge, ideally suitable for stupid people and/or those too lazy to learn. And - of course - wack-jobs.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
