(January 7, 2020 at 7:13 pm)Lek Wrote: Let me say that my belief in God and the supernatural doesn't come from my observation and experience of the natural world. It comes directly from God. I can look at the world and say that I recognize God in the world, but that stems from the fact that I believe in God. I do observe and experience many things in the natural world which are further evidence of the existence of God and the supernatural. Some examples of occurrences that support the supernatural are the common recorded instances of memories of past lives and near death experiences. Has anybody ever done an experiment that proves that parents love their children? The only ones who can prove to themselves that they love their children are parents who possess that love. The children who experience that love will also recognize it. They can do all the scientific investigating that they want, but no one else can prove it.
Do you agree that belief in God is an emotion, such as love? And that if proof of love doesn't exist, neither does proof of God. You say love is something parents believe they feel toward children, and children believe they receive from parents. Yet that belief only exists within the individuals and is unverifiable by any external means.
Now, suppose the love parents have for children was indeed measurable. How would that effect your analogy?
