As for your contention that there is nothing that a religious person can
say that will convince me, let me repeat exactly what it will take to
convince me. Logical argument based on objective reality should do the
job. Of course, though, if anyone ever does come up with a logical
argument based on objective reality that will show a religion to be
right then that religion will instantly cease to be a religion and will
become a scientific theory. As religion it is inherently irrational and
as an irrationality it is completely wrong.
On 9/7/2017 11:38 AM, Bonnie L. Sherrell wrote:
Roger, as has been said for centuries, for non-believers nothing is evidence for
the validity of faith, while for the believer EVERYTHING is evidence for the
validity of faith.
There is nothing anyone who is religious can say that will convince you, so
trying to explain why I believe as I do would be an exercise in futility. But
you can think on this--your brain has a specific section in the left temporal
lode that is specifically designed to process information that has to do with
spiritual phenomena. Now, this section of the brain is capable of malfunction,
and people with seizure disorders in this area have been known to have the
damnedest impulses and thoughts appear to be divinely inspired. But that does
not invalidate the fact that people who are highly spiritual do have regular
activity within this area that helps them behave in a higher moral and spiritual
fashion, and they regularly feel more connected to other people as well as
energies that most people ignore than those who do not exercise this portion of
the brain. And although not everyone who has been through a near-death
experience has experienced the same thing in the same way, still enough
individuals who were either resuscitated or who spontaneously resuscitated have
reported significantly similar experiences even when brain function appeared to
have been zero that it reinforces that there is more to individual identity than
simply life in whatever body we inhabit.
As I said, there is no proof--or everything is proof. I have found everything
is proof.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise
cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!
