(June 18, 2015 at 6:02 am)Little Rik Wrote: As far as you or anyone else keep on stating something that is not backed up by solid evidence then i will have to reinstate the obviousAs I said, read the preceding pages. We have discussed this.
which is...............gimma the evidence mate.
Little Rik Wrote:Sorry Ton but that is no evidence at all.On the contrary, it's exactly the evidence you keep requesting. The ability to induce NDEs and study the effects allows us to understand how and why they happen. Hint-- no spirit worlds so far. That's pretty important.
Little Rik Wrote:What rational approach?Again, just because you claim this doesn't make it true. You can continue to mention NDE experiences and ignore the evidence that NDEs are yet another function of the brain, but that doesn't matter. Your intransigence only matters to the extent that it keeps you ignorant, and in this case willfully so. But to anyone interested in actually reaching the truth of the matter, you're a dead end.
Don't be ridiculous Ton.
There is nothing rational in your view.
Little Rik Wrote:So you say that your biology books tell the truth and the NDEs are rubbish?No, biology books tell the current facts and understanding about evolution. You are the one trying to tie spiritual souls to evolution, even though you don't know anything about evolution. Being deliberately ignorant in order to continue to support a belief system is just another way the human mind functions (sports fanaticism and extreme political views are good examples of this). I'm pointing this out to you so that you no longer have an excuse for clinging to your views. You will cling to them anyway, but not for lack of knowledge anymore.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould