(August 13, 2010 at 6:27 am)tackattack Wrote: I don't think you can experience a nothingness, an motional void or emotional sadness maybe, but I don't think you can experience nothing, nothing is default. I do allow other aprehensions of God because I believe religion is just a way to form a definition of a concept of something extraneous generally reffered to as a God or Gods. It doesn't lead to nothing it leads you to God. I find that a funny phrase "something leading to nothing", in a causally constrcted universe how can something lead to nothing? It would just lead to a different something (and so on and so forth), only a nothing can propigate a nothing. Anyways, back on point. You then attempt to identify the cause of the experience and (hopefully) through reason you can choose the religion that supplies the closest concept of God to your experience personally with God. Typically though it's through indoctrination and upbringing that a religion is chosen.
So your experiences are valid and mine aren't? Of course you can experience nothing as you can experience someting. The default is infact to experience something because of all external stimulii. It seems to me you don't want to acknowledge my experience because it negates your argument. Of course you could admit that all personal experiences are invalid, to which I am happy to agree with you.
