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Originally Posted by filtherton
Faith doesn't happen despite evidence, it happens when evidence is inconclusive. Understanding is always limited. The world that is is much more robust than the world that we are capable of understanding.
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So we make it up if we don't understand it? That is the part of faith in the supernatural that flies in the face of reason. Reasonable: if you don't know something, study it. Unreasonable: if you don't understand it, make it up.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
We're not talking about some sort of grand macro perspective on all the knowledge humanity has accumulated. We're talking about the awareness and understanding of a single person. There's no way that you, or anyone else, can possibly understand the significance, explanation and meaning of everything that they come across.
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I can try without giving up and saying "it's god". That's the difference.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
So you did some sort of experiment and determined that you existed. What was your control? Is there a wilravel that doesn't exist, and if so, why couldn't it be the willravel that you are? I know it sounds simple, but it's a pretty fundamental thing, proving that you exist, you should think about it.
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I understand most of the biology of the systems that make up my body. It's not philosophical, it's scientific.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Actually... Willravel doesn't exist 'cuz I've never seen him  |
That reminds me of a funny vid I saw on Youtube: