Rarely have I heard a debate about the reality or the search for conclusive proof that dreams exist, nor have I ever heard arguments concerning the purity or infallability of any revelations that may come from the dream experience even though the entire world's populace has experienced a dream at one point or another. Seeing that both dreams and the concept of God require spiritual discernment, why is the concept of God set at such uneven odds when we attempt to logically render into being that which defies all physical measurement and credibility to those who cannot directly share in the individual experience?
2006-07-09 01:36:55 · 16 answers · asked by George A 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your question is interesting. We cannot explain a dream therefore we cannot explain the concept of God but yet there are in existence. If God came in a dream would those who are skeptics believe or still denied?
2006-07-09 01:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that apples and oranges? Imo you took a leap of logic when you wrote "Seeing that both dreams and the concept of God require spiritual discernment..." Dreams don't require any spiritual discernment; there is scientific evidence for dreams, and dreams can be monitored through scientific equipment. Eventually science will be able to tap into dreams and interpret the visual and audio sensations experienced by the dreamer.
There is no "physical measurement" of these letters on a computer screen, either (they have no discernible dimension in space, in other words), but their existence is verifiable. To sense an external 'God', particularly when that 'God' is spoonfed to believers out of ancient manuscripts, is more like believing some stranger's dreams from thousands of years ago are incontroveribly real.
2006-07-09 09:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people do not believe dreams mean anything other than replays of things that happened during the day, so it's false to conclude that more people easily accept them over the belief in God. Secondly, many people have had dreams. Nobody has irrefutable proof they've experienced an encounter with a Bible God/god. Besides, if someone went to a psychiatrist and said they had a dream, it would be okay. If someone told a psychiatrist they saw God, they would be locked up. Why is that if many doctors and psychiatrist claim to be Christian and believe in God?
2006-07-09 08:43:23 · answer #3 · answered by jd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dreams do not require spiritual discernment. They are internal confabulations. But God, i.e. reality, is not a local event. Also, the fact that reality - or God - is holographic causes a problem in our mental ability to even scratch the surface of encompassing it.
2006-07-09 10:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand the validity of your question's argument. Science knows what causes dreams, at which point during the sleep cycle they occur, what parts of the brain are active during dreams, and what their unconscious funtion is regarding stress-control. Moreover, people can see, hear, taste, smell, and feel their dreams. It does not require a leap of faith to accept the concept of dreams as it does to accept the possibility of the existence of a higher power.
2006-07-09 08:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dream is your mind working things out. The concept of a god is not the same
2006-07-09 08:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by dxle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dream state can be observed and quantified through analysis of brain wave activity and other physical processes. Their existence is a fact.
Belief in God, however, requires faith, which is, in essence, believing in something than can not be shown to exist.
2006-07-09 08:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by yellowcab208 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Capital "G" god is just one idea that most of the people who "believe" in him cannot agree on anyway. Grow up. I've had dreams. That doesn't mean they exist, it means they happen. I've never seen anything supernatural while I'm awake.
2006-07-09 08:42:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because in my opinion there is so much hurt with god. don't get me wrong i have beliefs,but, personally i wonder why anyone person or family has to struggle and suffer so much if there is such a loving and just god. but in dreams you can go and believe your in a happier place with no suffering.
2006-07-09 08:42:02 · answer #9 · answered by pjcc_4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we all remember dreams each mornng, but we don't all remember seeing God in the middle of the night
2006-07-09 08:42:07 · answer #10 · answered by curious239 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋