But if you experience God and see evidence of him acting in your life, do you mean to say such a person should act as if they doubt their own reality? And why would an atheist be automatically right to put it down to schizophrenia, if no signs of illness or imbalance are present?
If you don't experience God, you can't prove that that means he doesn't exist. You just didn't have contact with him. But if you do experience God, then manifestly, he does exist.
It's a little like saying a microscopically small bug, reputed to have a very nasty bite, doesn't exist just because you can't see it (and you don't happen to have the correct equipment to properly detect its presence). But if you walk into its alleged habitat and it bites you, you have to loosen your grip on your disbelief and think about whether you really want to reject everything you've been told.
You only have to loosen your grip about something having bitten you, you don't have a good idea about what it is without having a way to operationalize the system, test the variables, replicate the results and compare thousands of results through statistics, and even then you cannot know for sure. Those are the criteria of science, and I personally have never read any kind of apologetics that covers these criteria when establishing arguments our thought experiment. Of course, that does not mean our reasons are not strong enough for faith, but it's still faith. As a believer, I additionally also believe it's completely possible to act in humility concerning our relationship with God when talking to nonbelievers. I don't think we should pretend we don't think He exists and matters, but even so, we can change the way how we express that belief.
UNRIVALED eloquence, my respected colleague. Your grip on the torch of human enlightenment is indeed inspiring. Please join us, the MENSA level contributors, here at IIN. I would love to be your friend, and vigorous understudy.
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I know what you mean. I just want atheists and religious people alike to stop treating their belief (or lack of belief) fact.
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But if you experience God and see evidence of him acting in your life, do you mean to say such a person should act as if they doubt their own reality? And why would an atheist be automatically right to put it down to schizophrenia, if no signs of illness or imbalance are present?
If you don't experience God, you can't prove that that means he doesn't exist. You just didn't have contact with him. But if you do experience God, then manifestly, he does exist.
It's a little like saying a microscopically small bug, reputed to have a very nasty bite, doesn't exist just because you can't see it (and you don't happen to have the correct equipment to properly detect its presence). But if you walk into its alleged habitat and it bites you, you have to loosen your grip on your disbelief and think about whether you really want to reject everything you've been told.
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You only have to loosen your grip about something having bitten you, you don't have a good idea about what it is without having a way to operationalize the system, test the variables, replicate the results and compare thousands of results through statistics, and even then you cannot know for sure. Those are the criteria of science, and I personally have never read any kind of apologetics that covers these criteria when establishing arguments our thought experiment. Of course, that does not mean our reasons are not strong enough for faith, but it's still faith. As a believer, I additionally also believe it's completely possible to act in humility concerning our relationship with God when talking to nonbelievers. I don't think we should pretend we don't think He exists and matters, but even so, we can change the way how we express that belief.
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UNRIVALED eloquence, my respected colleague. Your grip on the torch of human enlightenment is indeed inspiring. Please join us, the MENSA level contributors, here at IIN. I would love to be your friend, and vigorous understudy.
And look for contraindications to avoid confirmation bias.