Religion & Spirituality - 28 October 2007

I’m asking this question to see if believers understand what they believe. It is not meant to be offensive.


The second best argument I've ever encountered for a belief in some kind of God, is "personal experience." That is, someone will claim to have met or talked to God, or felt something like the Holy Spirit.

MY QUESTION IS do you as a believer understand the COUNTER-argument for this one? In other words, what is the counter-argument for this that non-believers will site?

Please tell me the counter argument (you may rebut the counter argument if you like but I’m more interested to see if you understand the non-believer position).


If no one puts up a good answer, I will. So please check back.

If you wish to see what I thought was the “best argument” was you may refer to my previous question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkAhsIVA7UZfHm8VMyIJ_uHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071001170006AALuWUQ

2007-10-28 09:50:04 · 12 answers · asked by skeptic 6

For more than 2 yrs now i have been trying to get over my ex & broken heart.I feel like there is no hope at all.I feel like i will never be happy again & i will aways be alone.I can not even talk to another woman because it reminds me of her & how much i miss her.I would still do anything to get her back.There is not a momment that goes by where i do not think of her.Everyday it gets worse.I know love is a bad feeling to have.But i have love. Why cann't i get over her?Is it a bad thing to love a woman more than life? Everyone says see a doctor.Well i have no health insurance.I also know that drugs will not help me.Because i will still be alone & tourmented by my ex. So how can i find hope for happiness & be with a woman to love?I am a guy who has hate in my heart for god.So don't tell me that god can help me.God helps the evil people & hurts the good people like me.So again.How can i find hope without paying money to some heartless person who just cares about the money?

2007-10-28 09:49:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 09:49:25 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6

Which when compared to all other words can't match?

2007-10-28 09:49:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean, i first saw him last year but he doesn't impress me at all. at all. his books are better read than meeting him in person. why is nobody dissing him except the chinese? shouldn't he be actually doing something?

2007-10-28 09:48:52 · 7 answers · asked by le sabre 4

2007-10-28 09:46:39 · 16 answers · asked by b n r 2

2007-10-28 09:45:13 · 12 answers · asked by confused@.@ 1

The first time you meet someone, do you get a vibe about them?

2007-10-28 09:44:42 · 28 answers · asked by Virtual Evie 4

ok so to all you Muslims i got a few questions for you..

1. are us muslims allowed to get our ear(s) pierced? why or why not
2. are us Muslims allowed to get a permanent tattoo? why or why not
3.is it bad to have sex before marriage? why or why not?

2007-10-28 09:43:23 · 16 answers · asked by ZmognessPwnage! 1

I am asking all thous that say God does not exsist tell me why, and give me evidence. I do not want links, I want you to tell me in your own words.

2007-10-28 09:42:58 · 29 answers · asked by Fitz 4

2007-10-28 09:40:25 · 11 answers · asked by Ginger 6

Why is it never Islam, a religion that kills thousands of people every month?

2007-10-28 09:39:14 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 09:38:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/cenacolo/look.asp

2007-10-28 09:38:17 · 3 answers · asked by Ford Prefect 7

2007-10-28 09:36:53 · 8 answers · asked by ? 4

Why can't God be responsible for evolution. He does work in mysterious ways.

2007-10-28 09:31:40 · 43 answers · asked by Monkey Man 3

Okay so I'm an Atheist, and the other day I asked a question about why are responses from believers to atheist questions so off the topic and insulting, and the question got promptly removed.
Earlier that day I answered a question that asked "Why are Atheists such assholes." and that question NEVER got removed; is there a connection here?

2007-10-28 09:31:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you agree? Are lies for Jesus/god OK?

2007-10-28 09:30:26 · 22 answers · asked by punch 7

I do not believe in God. That is why I find science so important. I think that rather than hoping for something better, I think we should all try and make this world better for here and now. I do not think this life is just something to suffer through to get to heaven. I believe this is all we have. Although we can never make this world as good as the Bible says heaven is, I think we should do our best to make this world as heavenly as possible. We atheists genuinly do not believe in God, and that is why we try so hard to make this world better through the use of science. Why would you disagree with trying to make this world a better place because of your belief in God.

2007-10-28 09:29:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Swiss doctors have previously managed to trigger out-of-body visions by stimulating the brain.

The researchers used electrodes to excite the angular gyrus in the right cortex of a patient.

The doctors did not set out to achieve the effect - it occurred when they were treating a woman for epilepsy.

2007-10-28 09:28:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it in the sky or is it in the hearts of men.

2007-10-28 09:26:04 · 18 answers · asked by Broken Alabaster Flask 6

2007-10-28 09:25:57 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

That is why they have withdrawn their financial support to create a male birth control method. Should not men have control over their own body?

2007-10-28 09:25:02 · 6 answers · asked by I Wanna Know 3

2007-10-28 09:24:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you bought a W(hat) W(ould) A(l) G(ore) D(o) bracelets made out of organic feces yet? I just have decided to make an oath to not breath for next 5 minutes in order to help the Holy Ozone and donate my children's college fund to buying Carbon Credits. What sacrifices for the Holy Ozone have you made?

2007-10-28 09:24:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

There's no q. here.
If man is a product of evolotion,
IT LOGICALY FOLLOWS
everything he does is part of that, and therefor natural.
What else could it be?

If God created everything we know, and man (a spiritual being) rebeled and screwed things up, even if God knew it would happen, it is still the result of mans rebellion and therefor not God's doing.

included in this is the FACT taht God has redemed man for him self. In the end, this dream world you live in won't matter anyway. All that will matter in eternity will be if you knew and were known by God.

If what I know to be true were, as you asert, false, it still does'nt matter because, in that case, we are decendents of prehistoric mud and are no better than the flew virus.
and when we distroy ourselves none of this will matter and infact why should it now? There is nothing but artificial meaning to life, which we, for what ever reason, have
created.

Gypsy Priest

2007-10-28 09:24:15 · 8 answers · asked by Gypsy Priest 4

I keep seeing questions refering to evolution in public schools, and how if evolution is allowed in public schools, then Christianity should be taught as well. Honestly, how are the two concepts comparible? Like, at all?

2007-10-28 09:21:16 · 28 answers · asked by ~Smirk~ Resurrected 6

2007-10-28 09:20:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does the Catholic Church really support the 'Theory of Evolution'?

2007-10-28 09:20:10 · 10 answers · asked by Buffy 4

i have prayer for theology class and i need a prayer. i would like it to be about family or friends or somthing that has a lot of meaning so please if you have a good prayer send it to me!

2007-10-28 09:15:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous