(December 6, 2019 at 4:43 pm)Drich Wrote:(December 6, 2019 at 4:05 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: How do you test a religion? Especially one from another? Promises are a vague thing, but whatever.
All relgions have a quid pro quoe. you do ABC the deity provides XYZ..
Find out the ABC do it and see what happens.
If the ABC has to happen through and indivisual/preist whatever then the test is tainted. if the result of your ABC has to be interpreted by a priest or what ever the test is tainted.
The God of the bible works with people directly.
People that believe in the Bible god CLAIM that the Bible god works with people directly.
How does one go about testing if this claim is actually true?
I am pretty sure that you would accept that some percentage of people that believe that the Bible god worked with them directly, were actually: mistaken, or delusional, or misinterpreting a natural brain state (for example, temporal lobe epilepsy) as the Bible god working with them, and the Bible god did not actually work with them directly.
How does one go about telling the difference? How does one that sincerely believes the Bible god worked with them directly, actually verify they are correct?
How am I supposed to tell the difference between someone that actually had the Bible god work with someone directly, and someone who is mistaking or delusional?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
