Hi Brent, I have had a couple of experiences that proved to me that there exists something like the theist God. Things that I can not explain otherwise are some kind of "divine intervention" that saved my life. Could there be an explanation that is completely secular? I am open to such, but its like arguing that something like the spontaneous unscrambling of an egg actually happened but one does not have a collection of unimpeachable witnesses available. Ever you have an experience that is like Mitra's history rewrite idea http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3825? I have!
On Monday, October 6, 2014 2:15:44 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > Here's an interesting interview of a philosopher who is interested in the > question of > whether God exists. The interesting thing about it, for this list, is > that "God" is > implicitly the god of theism, and is not "one's reason for existence" or > "the unprovable > truths of arithmetic". > > Brent > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/can-wanting-to-believe-make-us-believers/ > > > > Gary Gutting: "This is the 12th and last in a series of interviews about > religion that I > am conducting for The Stone. The interviewee for this installment is > Daniel Garber, a > professor of philosophy at Princeton University, specializing in > philosophy and science in > the period of Galileo and Newton. In a week or two, I’ll conclude with a > wrap-up column on > the series." > > ... > > Daniel Garber: "Certainly there are serious philosophers who would deny > that the arguments > for the existence of God have been decisively refuted. But even so, my > impression is that > proofs for the existence of God have ceased to be a matter of serious > discussion outside > of the domain of professional philosophy of religion. And even there, my > sense is that the > discussions are largely a matter of academic interest: The real passion > has gone out of > the question." > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
