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Old 05-24-2019, 11:27 AM
 
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And that understanding of God evolves...by perceiving we are having some sort of "experience" with God?
It does for me. If you detect no such influence in your experiences, clearly YMMV.
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Old 05-24-2019, 11:43 AM
 
Location: California side of the Sierras
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It does for me. If you detect no such influence in your experiences, clearly YMMV.
It shouldn't vary though, if the experiences reveal truth.
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Old 05-24-2019, 12:02 PM
 
Location: S. Wales.
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It shouldn't vary though, if the experiences reveal truth.
Well, Mystic, mate. That's was a clear question. so, if you now start peddling your Hypothesis, I won't call it a thread Hi-jack (though of course, it was). Let's see how Petunia regards your hypothesis.
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Old 05-24-2019, 12:29 PM
 
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Well, Mystic, mate. That's was a clear question. so, if you now start peddling your Hypothesis, I won't call it a thread Hi-jack (though of course, it was). Let's see how Petunia regards your hypothesis.
Nnnnnooooo!!!!!!!
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Old 05-24-2019, 12:38 PM
 
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It shouldn't vary though, if the experiences reveal truth.
Our fundamental problem as human beings is that we interpret our experiences and that will always insert a variation. The experience is true but our interpretations of it can vary all over the place. There are those on here who claim to have experienced what I have and interpret it very differently.
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Old 05-24-2019, 03:32 PM
 
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Our fundamental problem as human beings is that we interpret our experiences and that will always insert a variation. The experience is true but our interpretations of it can vary all over the place. There are those on here who claim to have experienced what I have and interpret it very differently.
The good thing about science is that it is true whether you believe it or not. The same goes for any truth. There are no variations.
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Old 05-24-2019, 03:48 PM
 
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The good thing about science is that it is true whether you believe it or not. The same goes for any truth. There are no variations.
Not really. Much of science is also interpreted and subject to the same kinds (if not the same degree) of variation.
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Old 05-24-2019, 04:24 PM
 
Location: California side of the Sierras
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Our fundamental problem as human beings is that we interpret our experiences and that will always insert a variation. The experience is true but our interpretations of it can vary all over the place. There are those on here who claim to have experienced what I have and interpret it very differently.
If you drop your pen anyplace on Earth, it will always fall down, because gravity is a real, true thing. It does not vary based on perception or interpretation.
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Old 05-24-2019, 04:29 PM
 
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If you drop your pen anyplace on Earth, it will always fall down, because gravity is a real, true thing. It does not vary based on perception or interpretation.
Let's not play myopic games and pretend that the whole of science is as observable as gravity on a pen.
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Old 05-24-2019, 04:36 PM
 
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Not really. Much of science is also interpreted and subject to the same kinds (if not the same degree) of variation.
You really have shown you don't understand science at all with this statement. And you are wrong.
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