(September 18, 2014 at 3:00 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: Your and my opinion of the evidence for or against something is merely that, opinion. I am not claiming you have had any of the experiences that I have had (my evidence), so I make no assumptions you would form the same opinions.
People have asked, so I have shared my opinions. What I have gathered is that many here have seen no evidence of ID based on their experiences, wherefore they assume anyone who claims to have experiences otherwise is full of shit.
Well, I guess you're entitled to your opinion.
But you seem to consider speculation as evidence.
Speculation is not evidence.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.