(June 20, 2011 at 2:40 pm)Welsh cake Wrote:(June 17, 2011 at 3:15 pm)Nick_A Wrote: FNM wroteThe reason we're not accepting your analogies uncritically or at face-value is because, as you've nicely demonstrated, open mindedness without any demand for evidence for new ideas is almost certainly bound to accept a lot of crap.
Your analogy fails because it is not necessary to believe in god for spiritual enlightenment.
Well I see this topic goes over like a lead balloon on this site which is to be expected. I was hoping for one with a bit more curiousity but it doesn't seem so yet but who knows.
If we are in Plato's cave psychologically what is the sense sense is believing in anything? The solution is not in belief but in acquiring an impartial mind that neither believes or denies but remains open.
Your evidence filter is in dire need of changing Nick and no mechanic can help you there.
What kind of evidence do you need to prove to yourself and others that you are hungry? Do you need to submit three statements by physicians to support this belief?
