RE: Attn: Theists - What would it take to prove you wrong?
August 9, 2013 at 6:51 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2013 at 6:58 pm by fr0d0.)
(August 9, 2013 at 6:22 pm)Chas Wrote:Quote:Christians affirm each other's experiences
No, you can agree that you think you experienced something similar, but you can't compare those experiences in any objective manner since they are entirely internal.
A person tells me what they've experienced and I can confirm that it it's also true for me. There's no guess work there. Nothing vague, but a definite, solid experience. We are sharing subjective experience with another person... and can agree when both experiences converge.
The only way it isn't objective, is if you take someone who doesn't accept the logic, will not understand the reference.
So in a test study where 50 people are Christians and 50 people are not, 50 people could confirm God acting in their lives, where 50 would see no link. If 100% of your sample group were Christians, you would surmise that experiencing God was objective, and vice versa.
(August 9, 2013 at 6:22 pm)Chas Wrote: You make yet another unsupported assertion by equating justice and God.(1)
And another by asserting that my ability to achieve happiness is limited.(2)
1. It's a coherent logical model. You are free to challenge and decide upon its validity yourself. For the sake of argument, you should consider the premise as support for the conclusion...
2. How isn't your potential happiness curtailed when compared to the Christian who's reality has justice when yours does not?
