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No, not for me, sorry. Too many mystics disagree on what they see when they look up to Heaven and behold. This was the major issue of Anthroposophy, which created perhaps the most rigid system of documenting mystical insight in history, approaching the internal experience of divinity with the...

There was a time when I read texts like this and soaked in everything they said, almost taking the claims at face value and assuming that whoever wrote the work had justification for making them that I would learn about later. Now, before I accept any claim, I question what has lead someone to...

Your contributions have been informative and add a unique perspective outside of what most active users have. Your return is satisfactory.

It certainly makes me relevant to the thread. Logic is a form of inference and it gives structure to argumentation. It cannot, on its own, form an ethical philosophy. Indeed, within ethical philosophy, there is a recurring issue that different people, with different moral intuitions, are lead...

False. It's my thread. Except we don't all intuitively agree on when killing is wrong and when it's necessary. Irrelevant. I have never denied the existence of moral reasoning and, in fact, the quotations you are making here support my argument that the conscience isn't a single thing but a...

You claimed that people inherently know that killing is wrong, but that is not true. Both statements are irrelevant. You are not making arguments from neuroscience. Neuroscience also agrees that there is not a specific code of ethics inherent to the human brain that makes everyone inherently...

Yes, "neurotheology" is a philosophical field whose name was coined by Huxley, and which has nothing to do with science, but this is irrelevant. You are claiming that neurotheology has evidence for a universal conscience, and that people inherently know and agree on what is right and what is...

No offense, but not only do I not see you as an authority on the subject merely because you studied it, but I think neurotheology itself is nonsense and completely unscientific. I don't think it gives accurate pictures of biology at all. There is a reason why it is considered a field of...

Yes, but by Paul's own admission, the things he preaches did not come to him from Peter or James. Galatians 1:11-12 "But I acertify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus...

As a counterpoint: P1: All known wine stories are myths P2: John 2 is a wine story C: John 2 is probably a myth This is logical, and I think it's the actual argument that is being straw-manned here.

I think, even within our own culture, we have thoroughly debunked this concept. Countless studies in moral psychology have shown us that what we call our "conscience" is made up of a variety of different emotions and drives, which vary in degree and intensity from person to person. This means...

I agree that there is currently no evidence for God, which is why I started a thread outlining what could constitute as evidence for God if we discovered it. Lack of evidence is not always positive evidence for something not existing, though. It can be, but that's only if we would expect to see...

Time existed billions of years before observers, as far as I know. Indeed, I do not believe in souls. Without more evidence, yes, they are unlikely. They would be less far-fetched with evidence, however, which was the point of my post. I don't see the lack of evidence, by itself, as...

Some people say that atheists wouldn't accept the existence of God if God himself personally came down to verify his existence. I don't think this is accurate. In fact, I don't think God would need to even go that far to prove his existence to me. Here are some pieces of evidence that we could...

I think a bit of Descartes would help a lot of people. Cartesian doubt paved the way for modern skepticism. Although, I don't think it's fully necessary. Merely understanding that inductive reasoning is more limited than we might intuitively think can go a long way, I think. This genuinely...

Neil DeGrasse Tyson's construct of "three truths" here is informal and is not recognized in the field of epistemology. Neil DeGrasse Tyson has made contributions to his field and promoted accessible scientific literacy. Neil DeGrasse Tyson also frequently speaks outside of his field of...

I have my doubts on that issue. I think, if you're creative enough and willing to reinvent the wheel from scratch, you can throw off the shackles of your culture. You might have to coin several new words to do it, but I also think that it is within the human capacity. Usually, you can...

In the several months that I have been here, I have never seen Thomas make an Argumentum ab Auctoritate, much less one in which he himself is the authority. He has a decent habit of laying all of the evidence and reasoning for his arguments out in the open, allowing others to come to their own...

To clarify, are you saying that we should keep in mind the genre of the literature when interpreting it? Or are you saying that we should approach historical sources with less scrutiny?

I might also point out that if we define knowledge as "a justified true belief" then, if your claim is sufficiently justified, it would also be justified to claim that you know it So, in that sense, we come back towards the colloquial usage of the term, although the inherent distinction between...