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sidelined
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Message 44 of 104 (98855)
04-09-2004 2:33 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Primordial Egg
04-06-2004 8:42 AM


PE
"I don't believe you" you say defiantly.
"I am God. Honest. I can do anything." says the voice.
"What would you have me do to prove it to you?"
I would ask him to disprove himself.

'Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.'
(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)

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Message 46 of 104 (98863)
04-09-2004 3:53 AM
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04-09-2004 3:28 AM


Crashfrog
The reason for my posing that question would be to allow me some means of determining whether I was imagining things or if indeed God was the source of my experience.I can think up lots of arguements to explain the apparent phenomena of a disembodied voice speaking to me, therefore, I would personally work against myself since I cannot trust with certainty something that makes no sense to myself due to my life experiences.
It would be likely [in my opinion] that in the effort to disprove himself [given the assumption that he does] God would be able to provide me with a perfectly sound arguement that He does exist since [if He really exists] He would be incapable of disproving Himself.
This is either a good way to do it or sheer madness.I lean to the latter as most likely.

'Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.'
(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)

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Message 48 of 104 (99324)
04-11-2004 7:33 PM
Reply to: Message 47 by RingoKid
04-10-2004 3:41 AM


RK
Most people don't trust themselves enuff to do that and constantly require proof
So you think that you are incapable of delusion or stroke induced hallucinations or self-aggrandizement fear or strong emotions or any number of errors that human beings can be subject to? Are you aware of how malleable your memories are? As the saying goes "The first principle is you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool"
Evidence is the key to winnowing out a clear picture of the world since it is the world we investigate.Please inform us of how you are able to be certain of your own feelings and what means of sceptical inquiry you undertook to arrive at your position.

'Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.'
(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)

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