On Jan 18, 2010, at 7:13:46 PM, "Ant McWatt" <[email protected]> wrote: From: "Ant McWatt" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MD] Confirming the existence of God? Date: January 18, 2010 7:13:46 PM PST To: "moq discuss" <[email protected]>
Mark Smith stated to Mary on January 17th (in the context of faith regarding God and science respectively): My argument is this: If I read in a book that God exists, I can accept that on faith. If I read in a book that plate tectonics created the continents as they are, I can accept that on faith. I do not need to personally confirm either. However, the great thing about a belief in God is that it can be confirmed since it is a feeling. Ant McWatt asks: Mark, My apologies if this question has already been asked recently but rather than confirming the existence of God, how do you know this “feeling” doesn?t instead indicate that you?ve gone insane, been affected by drugs (legal or otherwise), been hypnotized through social conditioning, suffered a stroke, been subject to carbon monoxide poisoning or even some combination of these? Hi Ant, Those combinations could also be used as a reason for my feelings. Reason is simply a method by which we feel comfortable with things. Those reasons are not my choice. Reasons can be extended indefinitely, reasons for reasons. Why would those things you mention make me feel the way I do? If it is in the synapses, why would they have that effect? At some point one has to stop. Perhaps I stop earlier than you would. That only means that I have reached comfort earlier. Insanity is just a state of mind, like watching a movie is. Mark . _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
