Why knocking is so important.

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Anyway, I see you're still not addressing the possibility that it's all in your head.
Oh, I must use a question, right then!
Q: Have you ever considered the possibility that the A/S/K methodology taps into a well known and easily exploitable mental state which exists in most of humanity's brains?

Keep reading that muliti post I did last night your answer is in there.

I did read it. The fact that I'm asking this is because the answer was not there... maybe you think it is, but it is not.
At most, you have this:

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I've been asking him the same thing for months. Never a response.


He can not provide one bit of evidence that he is not misinterpreting a natural brain state.

His only argument is circular.

"The Bible makes a claim, that if you follow steps 123, you will get results XYZ. I followed steps 123 and got results XYZ. Therefore, God".

He cannot know that following steps 123 did not cause a natural brain state that he misinterpreted. Which is most likely the case.

Not true. When asked i pointed to spiritual fruit as out lined in gal 5, and spiritual gifts found in 1cor 12. These are all external points that can be tested.

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And this sort of thing only shows that it is a well known phenomenon. The interpretation of that phenomenon is arbitrary. The bible attributes it to some god. Freud will probably attribute it to your penis...
This might be worth the hours:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-century-of-the-self/

Doesn't it make you wonder why the same methodology can be applied to any religion? Or why it can be applied to any claim which a particular person cannot disprove? Or even why it can be applied to brainwashing?

One of my main points is that A/S/K is a methodology that we apply to anything we really want. the first 10 or so pages of this discussion centered around that fact.

Anything we really want?
Indeed, it's a way to self-delusion... BIG-LIE style.


Also, borrowing from all this talk of your past experiences... have you mentioned how your brain is completely fried from all the drug use? Have you considered that most of those experiences (The angel one which knew things practically only you would know) could have been a side-effect of the drugs that were still in your system? Hallucination is common under these circumstances.
Your brain, even damaged, is a very powerful and very complex machine. Before you attribute anything to some outside entity, you must first make sure it's not coming from within! And that seems to be a step you're missing completely!

That said, it is true that, on some occasions, believing in some form of higher power does have beneficial effects on the person. It has made you turn from drug addict to a successful business man, right?
That doesn't mean that any god had anything to do with it, but your own inner belief in said god did play a role. Good for you. I'm glad it helped you. It may (and actually does) help many others in the world.
But it is a phenomenon that cannot apply to those who have no belief in such higher power. These people must find some other way to pick themselves up mentally and straighten their lives.
Some people, even believing in the higher power, will never manage to get back up.
Some people (like most atheists here) have no real need of such psychological crutches. We're already fine with our lives, no belief in any god required, ever.

For some reason, it seems you are incapable of thinking about it like this. This must sound foreign to you, or nonsensical.
Tell me, can you honestly say you've considered the possibility that a lot of the extraordinary phenomena you think happened to you may have been a product of your own mind, your own wishful thinking, your own imagination, your own hallucination, your own projection?