SkepticThinker
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I don't. So that's wrong.People do great things in their lives, but it should last. As I said, intuitively everyone knows they will live after death.
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I don't. So that's wrong.People do great things in their lives, but it should last. As I said, intuitively everyone knows they will live after death.
People actually claim to have seen bigfoot.Made up claims not relevant to this discussion seems to be a diversion tactic. What about NDEs, have you experience one? If not, whatever you say is merely your reactive belief as an atheist.
Nope.Sure it is a claim, a claim that there is no God!
Nobody is saying you didn't have an experience.So now you tell me that I did not experience the experience I experienced.
But you've interpreted it as a religious/spiritual experience. Why is that?I believe what I personally experience, not what science or religion tells me to believe.
God(s).You say atheists do not find a reason to believe, what is it they do not believe in?
Are you saying that you have to believe in God to know that God exists? What do you mean by your last statement? From my perspective it is a claim without support. A belief that cannot be verified objectively.I can explain objectively but atheists do not believe, God is all that exists, known and unknown.
You are talking about two different things as if they were one. I have explained that, yet you do not seem to recognize it and continue on as if there is no difference.I not asking, I'm explaining in common language that atheists reject God, period.. I don't play word games!
I don't doubt that the phenomenon exists. But you haven't presented evidence that your conclusions about them are valid.I know it is hard for some to believe NDEs are real because of many things. This might help a little.
I don't doubt that the phenomenon exists. But you haven't presented evidence that your conclusions about them are valid.
So you confirm that atheists reject the belief in the reality represented by the concept of God/s.God(s).
Ahem, yes, logic says that you obviously are not going to actually know God simultaneously with not believing in God.Are you saying that you have to believe in God to know that God exists? What do you mean by your last statement? From my perspective it is a claim without support. A belief that cannot be verified objectively.
Ok, let's clear this up, yes or no, do you believe or disbelieve in the existence of a reality represented by the concept of God?I just explained to you, in the very post you are replying to, that it isn't.
Again, you should pay more attention.
It is not possible to convey the experience of transcendence to someone who has not realized it, it is a subjective experience. As to why it is interpreted as a religious/spiritual experience, it is because it fits the description of things one sees in most religious teachings. Out of body/expanded consciousness, bliss and peace beyond understanding, beyond thought, a sense of oneness with all that exists. You need to understand though that it is not 'I' the ego mind that experience any of these things, ie, ben d, it is the transcendent state of mind, for all intents and purposes the ego mind does not arise during a true religious experience. Self identification transitions from the human body to the transcendence state of universal being.But you've interpreted it as a religious/spiritual experience. Why is that?
I too do not believe in rebirth, reincarnation or resurrection. It is so wrong even while claiming to be a staunch Hindu. Religions should not teach to false beliefs.I don't. So that's wrong.
I believe it is nowhere near reality, it s only your imagination and belief since you cannot offer any evidence.So you confirm that atheists reject the belief in the reality represented by the concept of God/s.
If you are talking of dark energy and dark matter, there are reasons to believe in it and investigate it further. But as for God, there is no evidence even to investigate.The physical universe which is 5% of all that exists is merely the manifestation of God, the rest is unobservable to human senses.
Brahman is the all, there is nothing that is not Brahman. You are very welcome to your belief that the reality represented by the concept of Brahman does not exist, even though the objective universe is before you and of which you are a part, all of which is the manifested creation of Brahman.I too do not believe in rebirth, reincarnation or resurrection. It is so wrong even while claiming to be a staunch Hindu.
Religions should not teach to false beliefs.I believe it is nowhere near reality, it s only your imagination and belief since you cannot offer any evidence.
If you are talking of dark energy and dark matter, there are reasons to believe in it and investigate it further. But as for God, there is no evidence even to investigate.
All that is is Brahman, nothing exists that is not Brahman.Brahman has no need to create anything and does not create anything. Brahman is not a God.