RE: I think many theists, and believers in superstition in general....
September 10, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I went on a ride at Disneyland called "Superman" and at the top of the ride is a life sized Superman figure. The only evidence I have for that, is my own two eyes and I believe it to be true. I wouldn't expect anyone to believe it without seeing a picture or seeing it for themselves. This would be a strong belief. Can we trust our senses?
I would process things like this:
1. If objective evidence then real
2. If no objective evidence then maybe real (This include god, souls, spirits, fairys...)
3. If personal experience then probably real but subject to further analysis
4. There is no path that leads to definitly not real unless you prove the reality of something that negates the other like we know that A=A so therefore A is not equal to not A.
I've shed most of my squirrely beliefs but have a hard time ignoring personal experience. I've been high as fuck on LSD and have never seen anything that wasn't at least extrapolated from something real i.e. my hand lit on fire and melted like purple clay 'til it hit the floor then promptly fused to the wall I was next to but it was still a hallucination based on a real object and I was guiding the hallucination. I know myelf so I know from what parts of my mind all those images come from and how I used them to cause the visual image that I saw.
Rhizo
I would process things like this:
1. If objective evidence then real
2. If no objective evidence then maybe real (This include god, souls, spirits, fairys...)
3. If personal experience then probably real but subject to further analysis
4. There is no path that leads to definitly not real unless you prove the reality of something that negates the other like we know that A=A so therefore A is not equal to not A.
I've shed most of my squirrely beliefs but have a hard time ignoring personal experience. I've been high as fuck on LSD and have never seen anything that wasn't at least extrapolated from something real i.e. my hand lit on fire and melted like purple clay 'til it hit the floor then promptly fused to the wall I was next to but it was still a hallucination based on a real object and I was guiding the hallucination. I know myelf so I know from what parts of my mind all those images come from and how I used them to cause the visual image that I saw.
Rhizo
