RE: God is the great spirit friend
March 21, 2013 at 4:01 am
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2013 at 4:02 am by jstrodel.)
It is like the difference between saying "I am being appeared to greenly" and "I see a green snake in front of me" without being aware of whether what you see is a snake or a piece of grass.
Mystical experience which is clear does not demand that the interpretation or identification of the spirits is correct, there are different spirits and different religious systems associated with them, the only thing that must be certain is the clear perception of a supernatural event. This does not necessarily involve any interpretation, although some events could be misinterpreted.
I can promise you, and swear 100%, with everything that I am, that I have experienced mystical events that do not require an interpretation, that there is no other possible interpretation other than believing that a supernatural event happens, although that does not confirm all the details of the theological interpretation (such as that the source was the God of theism).
There is no confirmation bias associated with reporting on sense experience directly, it is only at the point of interpretation in which confirmation bias can enter.
Mystical experience which is clear does not demand that the interpretation or identification of the spirits is correct, there are different spirits and different religious systems associated with them, the only thing that must be certain is the clear perception of a supernatural event. This does not necessarily involve any interpretation, although some events could be misinterpreted.
I can promise you, and swear 100%, with everything that I am, that I have experienced mystical events that do not require an interpretation, that there is no other possible interpretation other than believing that a supernatural event happens, although that does not confirm all the details of the theological interpretation (such as that the source was the God of theism).
There is no confirmation bias associated with reporting on sense experience directly, it is only at the point of interpretation in which confirmation bias can enter.