I believe I understand. Not completely though. I'm trying to comprehend these feelings and dreams you experience. It's not something I'm personally familiar with. So I'll try extra hard to look into and answer as best I can.
Based on what you've told me, it does seem that you are interpreting overwhelming emotions, some very frightening and some comforting, and you see them as spirits. It is a delusion but it's one I can understand. I think it's through understanding and control of these experiences that would allow you to see it for what it really is.
Theists used to tell me about feeling god's presence when I was a young lad. I knew what they were talking about, because I could feel it too, but I knew what it was. I was able to switch it on and off at will. It's because those feelings were created by my mind, my imagination. I can at will feel it now. Just as I can feel the presence of Santa losing his footing on the roof.
Knowing what causes it and where, is merely the first step. Every feeling is chemical based. And we are just biological specks with the ability of reason and imagination trying to make sense of it's environment with a very pattern seeking mind.
I saw the fallacies of religion and claims of god's existence during my high school days. I never could buy the whole god thing.
Still trying to grasp your beliefs and experience. New territory for me.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
