RE: Evidence for a god. Do you have any ?
December 28, 2018 at 8:46 am
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2018 at 8:47 am by T0 Th3 M4X.)
(December 28, 2018 at 8:36 am)polymath257 Wrote:(December 28, 2018 at 12:26 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Seems kind of a generic answer. Do you have a source for that statement? I can dig it in part, but some of it seems limited in scope.No, those are functions of our sensory system. The brain them processes the information from our senses. And yes, of course, the senses can be fooled: our senses do not pick up perfect information and the subsequent processing is frequently 'best possible guess'. But that is precisely why we look at all sensory modalities, make hypotheses, and test those hypotheses. In other words, we use the scientific method.
Touch, taste, sight, smell, sound. Although these are all functions of the brain and its ability to interpret, it doesn't include things like "thought" Also, senses can be fooled and misinterpreted. I believe it's called "foiling" when applied to our senses. But regardless, if we just assume the five senses, which sense would you need to use as evidence and what would that sense (or senses) need to interpret for it to be considered viable evidence? Obvious just because you hear or taste something, doesn't mean it's God or gods, or anything supernatural. At what point can we say, "yep, that's God."
That this doens't seem amenable to a 'supernatural' is *your* problem, not mine. For me, it just means that the term 'supernatural' is an incoherent concept.
The scientific method isn't applied to the supernatural. If you don't know what it's function is, then how can you claim to use it? The scientific method is used to study relationships between two or more variables within the natural world.
So back to the pressing question. What would you consider to be evidence?
If you're locked it to something as being an "incoherent concept", then there would also be no point since you've already come to a conclusion.
It's not a "problem" for me, because I'm just as content as to not provide evidence if what said evidence would have to be isn't clearly defined. If it is defined, then it's worth my consideration to possibly come up with evidence, but I can't know that until you clarify.
(December 28, 2018 at 8:39 am)Gae Bolga Wrote:(December 28, 2018 at 2:51 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Or you could've just answered the question. Shouldn't have been that difficult.Yes...max, just answering the question might have been the more prudent approach...........it shouldn't have been that difficult, and yet....
Quote:Also, I'm not negotiating anything with you. You just happen to be here demanding attention, so here you go. Keep counting Charlie Brown. What's this, 14?see above.
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