I have made no appeal to false authority nor emotive chrs. The statements I have made are all true and can be verified by research.
You are setting up a strawman argument. Let me illustrate. You are claiming that I cannot directly apprehend the non existence of god, but that people can apprehend the existence of god, maybe you? But god is an immaterial being as such both sides of your scales are empty and I'm afraid my experince is just as valid as any religious experience. We are still both left holding an empty argument, which is good for me because I wouldn't seek to use it to demo the non existence of god.
If it helps here is M.Theresa describing her athiestic experience but ultimately dismissing it. Her Confirmation bias. It wasn't my experience but I can see parallels. I still can't see why you deny atheistic experiences? Unless you are trying to deny them to bolster your argument that personal experience form some sort of evidence but only for ones where a god is apprehended.
“I want to say to you something but I do not know how to express it. I am longing ... to be all for God, to be holy in such a way that Jesus can live His life to the full in me. The more I want Him, the less I am wanted. I want to love Him as He has not been loved - yet there is that separation, that terrible emptiness, that feeling of absence of God. I am not complaining - I only want to go all the way with Christ. Tell me what your child should do. I want to obey at any cost, and if you tell me to continue like this till the end of my life, I am ready to obey cheerfully.
You are setting up a strawman argument. Let me illustrate. You are claiming that I cannot directly apprehend the non existence of god, but that people can apprehend the existence of god, maybe you? But god is an immaterial being as such both sides of your scales are empty and I'm afraid my experince is just as valid as any religious experience. We are still both left holding an empty argument, which is good for me because I wouldn't seek to use it to demo the non existence of god.
If it helps here is M.Theresa describing her athiestic experience but ultimately dismissing it. Her Confirmation bias. It wasn't my experience but I can see parallels. I still can't see why you deny atheistic experiences? Unless you are trying to deny them to bolster your argument that personal experience form some sort of evidence but only for ones where a god is apprehended.
“I want to say to you something but I do not know how to express it. I am longing ... to be all for God, to be holy in such a way that Jesus can live His life to the full in me. The more I want Him, the less I am wanted. I want to love Him as He has not been loved - yet there is that separation, that terrible emptiness, that feeling of absence of God. I am not complaining - I only want to go all the way with Christ. Tell me what your child should do. I want to obey at any cost, and if you tell me to continue like this till the end of my life, I am ready to obey cheerfully.
