True, but you've merely challenged all gnostic positions. Me having a dream about winning the lottery in no way makes it more likely that I will win the lottery. I get that, and that's why I place NO credence into ANY tales about the afterlife, reincarnation, or the "great beyond."
But, by the same token, me having a dream about winning the lottery doesn't make is LESS likely that I will win either. I like this example because the fact is, winning is unlikely-- just as any sort of afterlife is. My 1% agnosticism about the afterlife is simply an acknowledgment that I don't know... in no way does not knowing tip the scales in favor of an afterlife existing or not. But not knowing is not knowing.
But, by the same token, me having a dream about winning the lottery doesn't make is LESS likely that I will win either. I like this example because the fact is, winning is unlikely-- just as any sort of afterlife is. My 1% agnosticism about the afterlife is simply an acknowledgment that I don't know... in no way does not knowing tip the scales in favor of an afterlife existing or not. But not knowing is not knowing.
