DashaBlade wrote:I do happen to believe, however, that we are defined by a collection of our experiences, both individually and shared, so the dump truck driver and the tiger-eater and the person who's seen angels are all cool with me.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
OrangeEyebrows wrote: For aviel and the other non-believers, what would your standard of proof be for the existence of an afterlife?
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
OrangeEyebrows wrote:I understand that, but can you give me a specific "what-if" scenario? F'rexample, if I saw a fairy, I still wouldn't believe in them, because I'd consider it more likely that my brain was on the fritz. So for me, my own empirical observations wouldn't cut the mustard.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
OrangeEyebrows wrote:I understand that, but can you give me a specific "what-if" scenario?
OrangeEyebrows wrote:F'rexample, if I saw a fairy, I still wouldn't believe in them, because I'd consider it more likely that my brain was on the fritz. So for me, my own empirical observations wouldn't cut the mustard.
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