tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post2723747718183436405..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: On religious experienceVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-37260510900587834172021-09-22T09:58:09.422-07:002021-09-22T09:58:09.422-07:00Starhopper,
I read your comment exactly the way y...Starhopper,<br /><br />I read your comment exactly the way you explained. I was adding to it, saying physical process in the brain are not evidence for nor against external phenomenon.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-5139069394304447142021-09-22T08:08:03.208-07:002021-09-22T08:08:03.208-07:00One Brow, you read my comment backwards. I did not...One Brow, you read my comment backwards. I did not write that sight is evidence for the existence of light. What I wrote (or at least meant) was that the physical processes within the eye and brain are <b>NOT</b> evidence for the non-existence of light.<br /><br />In like manner, if it is true that religious experiences are explainable by brain activity, that is by no means evidence that such experiences are not valid, or that the supernatural does not exist.Starhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350334327301656588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-50838840183150394862021-09-22T07:19:46.679-07:002021-09-22T07:19:46.679-07:00Starhopper,
"the fact that sight is explaina...Starhopper,<br /><br />"the fact that sight is explainable by physical processes within the eye and brain" means that sight is not evidence that light exists. People see things in the dark, have hallucinations, etc.<br /><br />I can point to light making a device spin or warming a surface. That's evidence light exists.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-74082045705479111592021-09-18T13:57:27.271-07:002021-09-18T13:57:27.271-07:00When people point to brain activity as "evide...When people point to brain activity as "evidence" that religious experience is totally explainable by physical processes, and thus doesn't really exist, I counter with "Does the fact that sight is explainable by physical processes within the eye and brain mean there is no such thing as light?"Starhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350334327301656588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-82057178171715663952021-09-17T20:48:38.888-07:002021-09-17T20:48:38.888-07:00Every person thinks they have a personal reality a...Every person thinks they have a personal reality at least. No matter how crazy the world has made them.bmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855545675821692382noreply@blogger.com