Comments on: Can A Supernatural Personal Experience Constitute Empirical Evidence For A Belief In God?

By: Ramon

Ramon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:37:23 +0000

and do they have the proofs for the ‘supernatural experience’?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:45:37 +0000

It is only evidence for yourself. It is not evidence you can “show” to others.

By: JOExHIGA

JOExHIGA — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:57:54 +0000

Personal=/=empirical
You may be convinced by the experience but you can’t possibly expect me to take your word for it.

By: tylertxa

tylertxa — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:52:25 +0000

as soon as you can prove the experience was supernatural and not a chemical imbalance in the brain–we’ll talk. Otherwise could we consider the guy who says he’s napoleon as proof of reincarnation?

By: Pants Party III

Pants Party III — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:14:30 +0000

It is billions upon billions of times more likely that a personal experience is due to brain malfunction than it is that something supernatural happened.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:46:27 +0000

Certain truths about the nature of reality can only be learned through the experience of unique qualia.
However, even experiencing such qualia only gives proof of the *existence* of such truths, not proof of their *nature*.
There is no proof, personally-experienced or otherwise, that any truth is supernatural, or, essentially, that anything supernatural is true.

By: rast29

rast29 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:25:57 +0000

how can you be certain that the supernatural event wasn’t A: a natural event you only witnessed part of and only seemed supernatural. or B: you where drugged/ had a psychotic episode/ etc.
the answer is faith, but faith is the opposite of evidence.