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Originally Posted by Mortalsfool  I am completly convinced that there is, and will never be, any common ground between theist and atheist. It is unfortunate that none of you have ever had a subjective experience that you can give any credibility. I suppose that it gives you satisfaction enough to know that you are armed with dogmatic phrases that set aside 'all' subjective experiences, holding them not only valueless but worthy of your superior derision. I however, do not hold your opinions in disdane, I merely don't share the same low value system for my own interpratations of subjectivity as you do. |
What exactly does it mean to "give subjective experience credibility?"
I am a scientist. I'm atheistic in the sense that I think its idiotic to take the metaphorical stories of modern religions as literal facts. I'm theistic when I say that the divine is in all of us and that there is no ultimate meaningful distinction amongst anything in the universe.
That being said, how does trying to understand subjective experiences in an objective framework cause problems? You seem to be implying that it is of value to continue in ignorance of your prejudices and perspective based errors. Why is this of value? Subjective, by definition, means biased.
Is this another aspect of that "faith is a virtue" nonsense?