Why can't theists accept that perception is often not a reliable detector of what is true............?

Question

People might PERCEIVE that there is a God, but that doesn't prove anything.

What people PERCEIVE and what is actually true are often two very different things............

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Answer 1

Perception may not always be right, but even scientist have to percieve the results of experiments so that they can come up with theories. Many of these theories may be correct, but if scientists keep looking in the wrong place or in the wrong direction, it doesn't matter how many experiments they conduct, they may always come up with the wrong conclusions.

For instance, I recently read of an experiment that was conducted a few years ago. It involved the feeding of a pigeon. The scientist sets up a machine to feed the pigeon at random intervals or feed the pigeon himself. At one point the pigeon looks over its shoulder and gets fed. The next time it looks over its shoulder it gets fed again. So it begins to think that food comes whenever it looks over its shoulder. But we know that this is not necessarily the case. The experiment reminded the author of the false-positive nature of the blessing of religion. We praise God for providing us with food, etc, but did he really? Atheists say no, this is improbable. So, If religion is false, God must either not exist or not care about us.
However, the author failed to note that the scientist was participating in the experiment by feeding the pigeon by hand or machine. The pigeon was getting fed one way or another, never mind what it though of how it was geting fed.

All experiments conducted by scientists to prove that God does not necessarily exist are false since the experiment could not be conducted without the scientist who has an intelligent purpose in conducting the experiment. Theists percieve that God exists for various reasons, both personal and through what everyone can see, even if some don't percieve things the way they do. Scientists who look at the world through atheistic eyes fail to percieve that God exists, instead they percieve that God doesn't exist, which is no real surprise since they are atheists. And since they are atheists, any experiment they conduct or observation they make will lead them to percieve God's non-existence. The question, then, is 'what came first, the atheist or the scientist?'

Answer 2

Why can't fools understand that if someone has been visited by The living God, it is impossible to reject him?

People might not have been touched by God, many are not,
That doesn't mean God does not exist.

What people are unaware of and what actually exists are often several different things.

Your friendly neighborhood
Gypsy Priest

Answer 3

Wow, this argument only works one way, doesn't it? I mean, perception is everything, right? I percieve white puffy things in the sky, right? But wait, those are only cotton balls on the ceiling of my mind.

Science is based on perception.

Answer 4

Quite right. Understanding the supernatural cannot be undertaken with the normal senses - that's why it's called supernatural.

Answer 5

in the absence of a scientific proof to the contrary atheists have *faith* god does not exist, just like theists have *faith* he does. Both positions are based on faith and both intellectually dishonest.
BTW, absence of a proof never constituted the proof of absence...

Answer 6

Some can. Can you apply the same principle to your own assertions?

Answer 7

the same can be said for anyone not just theists

Answer 8

Isn't it possible that there's more to life than just what you can detect using your five senses?

Answer 9

Theists are deluded by belief, therefore truth and untruth are not clear to them.

Answer 10

Got a mirror handy?