Posted: Feb 15, 2014 11:15 pm
Calilasseia wrote:So basically, these guys are once again demonstrating that their position consists of "if reality and doctrine differ, reality is wrong and doctrine is right". I'm no longer surprised at this, but I still have trouble understanding this mindset from a viscerally immediate standpoint. I can understand it as an abstract concept, and formulate appropriate hypotheses to address it, but I still wonder how the hell supposedly grown adults can adopt this mindset.
If you think about it there are two realities:
1. Reality of the physical world.
2. Reality of the subjective world in our minds.
Both have laws, boundaries and concepts. In my opinion humans consider the reality of the subjective world a lot more important than that of the physical world. I think atheists try to explain/understand their subjective reality based on observations of the physical world. I don't think it's possible to do that. For believers it's easy, God created it and provided us with guidance on how to live in our subjective reality.