RE: Divine Revelation
January 14, 2013 at 9:46 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2013 at 9:47 pm by FallentoReason.)
(January 14, 2013 at 2:33 pm)Drich Wrote: I am not sure about the science behind it, but how it generally works is you can hear something once or it could be something you've heard 1000 times like John 3:16, and you will be able to see it for what it was meant to be. this could happen in a sermon, or it could happen as a result of a study, or you could simply wake from a dream. God is not limited on how He decides to reveal something.
Right, so off the bat you're accepting that it is a moment filled with emotion/thoughts/"warm feelings" that occur on your own and this happens to be a "revelation" because it's to do with scripture or w/e. So no god is involved since you're admitting the individual experiences a revelation without God interfering somehow in the natural world.
This sounds exactly like Bible interpretations -- it's subjective. Since God isn't producing anything in your brain it means there's nothing verifiable and hence it's a subjective experience that the believer goes through. Therefore, how do you know what a revelation is and what isn't just like when you have to discern what is literal and what isn't? Seems like revelations are another area void of any divine intervention, just like prayer, healing, the Bible...
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle