RE: Evidence god does not exist
August 29, 2010 at 10:20 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2010 at 10:23 am by Watson.)
@Paul- Yes, but nothing can really be validated by others without the use of the objective. Because you are limited to your subjective experience, you have no way of validating anything outside of your own mind. Just because another person got a result similar to yours, or did something similar to what you did doesn't mean that that is evidence for anything. For all your subjective standpoint knows, that person could be a figment of your imagination, validating your thoughts for you by porjecting something onto the outside world.
So unless you acknowledge that there is an objective truth outside of your own, then you cannot claim to have any thought which is validated or given more weight by the similar thoughts of others. And if you DO want to go that route, then I'd say there is a lot of weight to the 5 billion out of 6 billion people on Earth who claim to have knowledge, understanding, or experience with God in some way or another.
@Disinter- We aren't assuming anything. By acknowledging God, we are expanding out view into the objective, which allows us to grow and progress as human beings. I never said there was no objective view, I said that unless you acknowledge an objective, nothing is verifiable or validated. Which, again, leads us to thoughts and musings about God very quickly.
So unless you acknowledge that there is an objective truth outside of your own, then you cannot claim to have any thought which is validated or given more weight by the similar thoughts of others. And if you DO want to go that route, then I'd say there is a lot of weight to the 5 billion out of 6 billion people on Earth who claim to have knowledge, understanding, or experience with God in some way or another.
@Disinter- We aren't assuming anything. By acknowledging God, we are expanding out view into the objective, which allows us to grow and progress as human beings. I never said there was no objective view, I said that unless you acknowledge an objective, nothing is verifiable or validated. Which, again, leads us to thoughts and musings about God very quickly.