RE: General argument for Islam.
March 27, 2015 at 9:01 pm
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2015 at 9:02 pm by JuliaL.)
(March 27, 2015 at 7:31 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: I'm not convinced. Until the mysterious maker in the sky comes down to me, stands before me and speaks directly to me, my views will remain unchanged. I simply cannot subscribe to any religious book that was not written by any god, but written by man and directs people to accept that it is what it is and that's it. That kind of thinking is just dangerous.I know that the revelatory episode you describe is far and away more convincing than any 1400 year old dictation. But why would you accept that evidence? I'm not a valid judge of what constitutes a true theophany and not some bad snails I had for dinner the previous evening.
Let's not even get started on you being scammed by a demon.
I'd say that seeing God on a golden chariot emerging from a cloudless sky is best explained (in order of descending likelihood) as:
1) delusion
2) illusion
3) Alex K trying out some of his more convincing physics tricks that we don't know about.
Until God gives me equal powers so that I can see He's not pulling yet another confidence trick, I'm not buying.
Though to be honest, you did say you'd be 'changing your view' and not swallowing hook, line and sinker.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat?