RE: Defending Pantheism
May 3, 2019 at 7:08 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2019 at 7:14 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 3, 2019 at 4:49 pm)Acrobat Wrote:(May 3, 2019 at 3:17 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Entirely your own problem. I'm only telling you what is a common fact of human experience. You can either accept that, or launch some batshit argument. Your call.
This is becoming quite the pattern for you. You invariably spool up some "but how could you x without a god" question, and when presented with an answer, lose your shit. How hard would it be, honestly, to just say "oh, guess I never thought of it that way"...eh?
Yes you’re telling me a common fact of human experience, one that I share, but this is not what’s meant by the experience of the numinous. This isn’t what Otto, Lewis, or Hitchens are describing, they’re not talking about gratitude or contentment in their personal lives, which is the thing you’re describing amounts too. As someone who experienced both, I can tell you we’re not talking about the same experience
You can only be telling me that none of what does it for me, does it for you. Entirely your own problem. As I mentioned at the outset, I likely have these experiences more than the average god botherer, since I surround myself with the circumstances that produce them. In a wide range of situations that you don't feel the sense of the numinous, I do. Go ahead, though, and continue with that batshit argument, instead.
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