RE: Questions for theists.
November 11, 2011 at 1:59 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I will allow for the immaterial as long as it remains immaterial Tack. I've said this so many times in so many threads that I'm pretty sure that this will be the last time I say it. What grinds my gears are claims of the immaterial interacting with the material without anything to substantiate the claim. Bad evidence is no evidence at all Tack. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Let's break this down. If we have souls, that experience the afterlife;
-How do they experience this afterlife without the machinery that allows us to "experience" anything?
-If this machinery isn't required to "experience" anything, then why do we seem to require it to begin with?
So, are we seeing with our machinery or with our "spirit eyes"? One of these systems is either redundant or non-existent. We can demonstrate the machinery bit, so were does that leave us? I absolutely hate claims to the immaterial that are no such thing. I also hate "answers" or "explanations" which merely lay a blanket of magic over understood mechanics without any additional explanatory power but plenty of cumbersome baggage. This is not honest inquiry, this is an attempt to insert a fairy tale that is dear to you into reality.
Let's break this down. If we have souls, that experience the afterlife;
-How do they experience this afterlife without the machinery that allows us to "experience" anything?
-If this machinery isn't required to "experience" anything, then why do we seem to require it to begin with?
So, are we seeing with our machinery or with our "spirit eyes"? One of these systems is either redundant or non-existent. We can demonstrate the machinery bit, so were does that leave us? I absolutely hate claims to the immaterial that are no such thing. I also hate "answers" or "explanations" which merely lay a blanket of magic over understood mechanics without any additional explanatory power but plenty of cumbersome baggage. This is not honest inquiry, this is an attempt to insert a fairy tale that is dear to you into reality.
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