Its something that has come up quite a lot today.
A young and inexperienced athiest goes out and asks the big question: "Why do you believe in god if you can't see him" ....
... And en masse, the christians all start counter-asking about seeing the air or your heart or some historic figure... or metaphysical concepts.... as if somehow the fact that you cannot see these things justifies their belief.
Firstly, I'd like to note that in MOST of those cases, regardless of one not being able to 'see' the things in question, they can be experienced... and measured with objective instruments.
Secondly, and more importantly... why is not being able to experience something justification for believing IN FAVOUR of it rather than against it?
Naturally, I see things exactly the opposite way.... I will tend to disbelieve things if I cannot experience them nor reason them... EVEN if most other people believe in them. This includes many subatomic particles and until recently black holes.
2006-11-01
02:38:43
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