RE: The God of Convenience
January 1, 2015 at 8:48 pm
(This post was last modified: January 1, 2015 at 8:49 pm by Lek.)
(January 1, 2015 at 8:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: If someone tells you they rode dragons with F'lar during Threadfall, do you seek a reasonable explanation, or do you write the idea off?
If say, a billion sane and educated people with no prior "illusions" told me that, and I couldn't find any scientific explanation for it, then I would consider other options.
Quote:Personal experience is subject to misperception, effects of fatigue and drugs, and simple dishonesty. Skepticism should be applied in direct proportion to the exotic nature of the claim. That means that god-claims must meet very high bars.
You're right about what you say here. But you're limited to the box you're living in because you won't accept anything that doesn't follow the laws of nature. We admit that we aren't aware of any other life in the universe, but we feel fairly confident that there is because it makes sense to us. Why can't there be another type of existence. Is our universe the only thing that exists?[/quote]
(January 1, 2015 at 8:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: If someone tells you they rode dragons with F'lar during Threadfall, do you seek a reasonable explanation, or do you write the idea off?
If say, a billion sane and educated people with no prior "illusions" told me that, and I couldn't find any scientific explanation for it, then I would consider other options.
Quote:Personal experience is subject to misperception, effects of fatigue and drugs, and simple dishonesty. Skepticism should be applied in direct proportion to the exotic nature of the claim. That means that god-claims must meet very high bars.
You're right about what you say here. But you're limited to the box you're living in because you won't accept anything that doesn't follow the laws of nature. We admit that we aren't aware of any other life in the universe, but we feel fairly confident that there is because it makes sense to us. Why can't there be another type of existence? Is our universe the only thing that exists?
