(November 16, 2013 at 3:16 pm)Chuck Wrote: If someone draws a conclusion from personal experience, but is unwilling to put the conclusion to some form of repeatable test that does not rely solely on personal experience, then that person has in effect unreachable.Yep. A faith not based on empirical evidence or logic cannot be swayed by those things.
You can't communicate with a person who has severed all of his/her sensory inputs from the world you live in.
The tension comes when people form a belief based on personal experience... then convinces themselves that it's based on empirical evidence. Any attempt to impress anyone else with this "evidence" is doomed to frustration, as is any attempt by anyone else to Critique that evidence.
I think one needs to be honest with oneself about the basis for ones beliefs.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
