RE: My story! I am an Ex-Muslim, became and Atheist. I was visited by an Angel of God.
May 8, 2015 at 3:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2015 at 3:56 pm by robvalue.)
(May 8, 2015 at 3:42 pm)Prince Wrote:(May 8, 2015 at 3:29 pm)robvalue Wrote: Yep. I've managed to convince myself that music from a computer game is different to how it actually is, to the point where the original music actually sounds wrong to me. So I have to consider, what is more likely? My memory is distorted, or every copy of the game has somehow had its music slightly changed since I played it?
My guess it this experience is very special to you, so you don't want to think about the possibility that it wasn't in some way real.
And to be fair to us, you didn't say you were looking for answers to begin with, you said you were just telling us angels and god exist and that we should accept that.
I was bringing to the possibility that God and Angels might exists based on what i have experienced. That's all. Plus, i was not sure and i really needed some opinions as well.
I guess i was being an asshole, my bad!
No problem

Sure, it may be possible they exist. It may not be. We have nothing to compare one to should we find one (other people's anecdotes are as unreliable as our own, so apparent similarities really don't mean much). It would just be a new phenomenon of some sort. All I can say is they are doing a great job of remaining hidden almost all the time if they do exist.
But single experiences are sadly not good evidence for anything. We are really bad at remembering things accurately, and our brains can play all kinds of tricks on us. That's why the best way to truth is to concentrate on what can be reproduced and tested by multiple people multiple times, to try and eliminate the possibility that we're making a mistake in our evaluation. Otherwise all we are doing is speculating.
For example, I can't tell you how many times I've been dreaming, and in the dream I am so convinced it is real. I ask myself in the dream, is this a dream? I look around, I touch things, and I say no, this is reality! I can't be wrong! Then I wake up.
I can see how an experience as vivid as you describe could be very powerful, leaving you with the feelings that it must be real. But again, the mind can play tricks like these on you too very easily.
You may indeed feel you have sufficient evidence, that is up to you do decide. Personally I would never feel that a single extraordinary experience I had was evidence of anything if I couldn't verify it. But that's just me.
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