Quote:Does it matter? My personal experiences have been that there was nothing there, I directly apprehended the non existence of a god. That has stayed with me but I have never advanced it as an argument in favour of my athiesm because i am prone to delusion like anyone is. There are many better arguments in favour of atheism so why would I rely on this. But theists seem to advance this as evidence of a god/s from any religion. Is this because all other evidence is either non existence or terrible and there is nothing left to fall back on? Or is it viewed as partic relevant in a religious context. If so why are my experinces any less worthy?
We are both emotional and logical beings.
I have only had one special revelation from God.
I was at a Christian camp (I was 15) and I was utterly depressed. I was at the beach and lying and some rocks. For some reason I said, 'God if your there send some dolphins.' Of course, I doubted there was going to be any. A few minuets later, I saw dolphins not too far away from me. I Have been to that place 12 yrs in a row and never seen dolpins there.
When I was doubting my faith and was agnostic, I was never able to dismiss this as being coincidence.
Experiences shape what you believe. That could be a fear in spiders of heights, or a belief in God or a disbelief. Experinces should be seen as subjective evidence.
