I do apologise if I came across as making false claims, but the evidence I have is not visible to the naked eye so there's an issue right there.
Why would that be an issue? We know of *many* things that are not visible to the naked eye: infrared light, ultraviolet light, radioactivity, ultrasound, atoms, radio, etc. NONE of those are visible to the naked eye, but we know all of those exist.
But, we have *evidence* for all of these. For example, a radio gives evidence of radio waves. A geiger counter gives evidence of radioactivity.
Now I can see you saying "there now, he has no evidence". but just before you climb back on your high horse consider the fact that the wind is invisible but it rips people apart like rag dolls in a hurricane.
So don't be so hasty to dismiss invisible things as insignificant fantasies.
Nobody dismisses things simply because they are not visible. But, for example, the wind is simply air in motion. We can measure how fast it is moving, we can measure how it interacts chemically. We can liquefy air, separating it out into its components. We can solidify air. We can weigh it.
It isn't just our inability to *see* it that is at issue. There are many other methods of detection that can be used.
So, give a method of detection for your claims and the evidence from those methods. Then we can evaluate whether they are reliable.
God said, "an evil and wicked generation seeks after a sign but no sign will be given to them". This means that God deliberately hides the truth from unbelievers. God said, it gives him pleasure to reveal the truth to simple and humble people and hide it from the proud intelligent people.
And how is this possible if the evidence is available to everyone? And if it *isn't* available to everyone, in what sense is it reliable evidence?
You can claim you have 'special abilities' to pick up this extra evidence. OK, we can *still* determine the reliability of that evidence.
As an example, the chemist Dalton (who formulated the modern version of atomic theory) noticed that other people who he trusted talked about colors he, himself, did not see. It turns out that Dalton was color blind.
But, is it possible for a color blind person to know that other people *can* see colors? YES. All he has to do is check to see if *different* people report the same colors for the same situations. He needs to show *consistency* of their identification of colors. And with that, he can know that they are detecting colors he cannot see.
So, you claim special perceptions giving evidence for your position. State that evidence and let's see if we can test *your* consistency with that of others claiming the same power. Maybe I am color blind. Convince me that there are colors by showing consistency of religious 'evidence' across different people making such claims.
I appreciate your honesty in saying you're not looking for anything, God said, "for none seek the truth, all have gone astray" This is a very serious indictment against fallen mankind, none of us seek the truth we have all gone off to pursue and fulfill our own wicked desires.
We have 3 enemies trying to destroy us at all times, 1 the Devil and His Demons, 2. our own fallen nature which seeks to fulfill the lusts of our flesh. 3. the world itself seeks to destroy us, that includes the people in it and the natural world such as spiders and snakes and every other dangerous and hostile thing in the world.
We can't afford to relax and pretend there's no war and everything will be just fine, as it's not and it won't be in the future. We can't fight these enemies on our own, this is why Jesus came into the world to fight the enemy and win and give us the prize of victory for free, all we need to do is trust Him.
It seems to me that you are living in a world of fear and conspiracy. I would suggest that this is because you have refused to even look at contrary evidence and understand what it says about your current beliefs.
To the extent there is a 'war', it is between those promoting ignorance and those promoting learning. Ignorance, as the very word says, tends to *ignore* any contrary evidence and produce a shell around the believer. Wisdom creates no shell, but encourages discussing of possibilities and investigation of evidence contrary to even cherished beliefs.
