But your post you are proving true what I stated. I have been attacked here by several people,
it's not being attacked, faith. like derek already mentioned, it's about being challenged to debate implicit assertions that you make for things that there really is no evidence for. it doesn't matter how precious they are to you, or how much you want to believe they are true. if they have no evidence to back them up, then you will be called out on them, as religious assertions are not beyond critical dissection.
here are some examples of what i am talking about:
I have had extra sesnsory perceptions probably from birth.
She sent me those pictures when we were about 7 miles from home.
God created all humans with extra sensory receptors, there is way too much evidence to negate that fact.
My comminucation with my Creator is precious. I have no doubt that He hears every prayer.
I know that when I die I will enter the world where matter does not abide by the same rules of this world.
there is no scientific evidence for what you are asserting. if you are willing to say that you have subjective experiences and could be wrong in the end, then there is no arguing with that. but if you assert that it is true reality, then you must play by the rules of science.
All I know is the brain is an extremly complex electrical receptor
it's more than a receptor. but on the subject of it computing input, the input comes from our sensors. like runningman said, they are big and obvious. our eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and skin. they are so obvious, that observation alone proves that they exist and work. there is no evidence for some hidden receptor.
Some of us look to the future with curiosity for new wonders to be discovered.
ironically, you practically define what a scientist is, here.
Some are like many in the past clinging to the fact that we all know, the earth is flat and the universe revolves around the flat earth.
and again, here you practically define religion.
I am amazed that He can hear the prayers of a million people at once. I am amazed that He hears me.
i am amazed that people actually thinks he hears prayers at all. i am amazed at the amount of mental gymnastics required to picture a god like this.
I know that the walls in the room where I lay from my illness are not as real as the infinite world that surrounds me.
i am honestly sorry that you suffer from an illness faith. i saw a documentary a while back about this english individual that suffers from EB. the documentary was about how he went to meet with tony blair's wife, and she offered support. after the meeting he said to the camera: "it takes a shallow mind to think that there is no god. i have not suffered this much just to pass away and there be nothing more."
it was a very moving sentiment for me to hear. and i completely understood and empathized with what he was saying, even though i would have fallen in his shallow mind category. but i still could not help but think of how religious thought has helped man deal and cope with the cold indifference of nature. i understand why man wants to believe in a god. why that hope means so much to him. but all the hoping in the world, no matter how much one suffers, does not change what all the available data suggests. and that's that we live in a cold pitiless universe, and are very possibly all alone. it's harsh to us, but not to nature.
can someone who suffers from an illness still find meaning in such a place? yes. but it is way harder, i can only imagine. i don't look down on you for your belief. i have christian friends myself. it's not an attack. it's a dialog. if you knew me personally, and could hear my tone and inflection, you would know that i only consider this a debate of ideas. in the end, everyone goes their sepparate ways, and the lurkers are left to make their own minds up.
take care,
TS
