Religion
In reply to the discussion: Can You Prove It Didn't Happen? [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)The first fact is that billions of people for thousands of years have been demonstrably convinced by religious revelations sufficient to spend their lives in the religions.
I note how you have twice now ignored that fact to say "how". The how of it is your problem. And your problem doesn't change the reality of that fact.
I will give you a clue: it's not, "It means that people have thrown up their collective hands and said 'we believe you.'"
If you understood either revelation - or hearsay - you'd realize any report of a spiritual revelation is perforce a second-hand account. And? Whether you realize it or not, people are sent to prison daily on hearsay. It almost sounds like you dismiss revelations because you personally haven't had one. If you want to make the argument that nothing exists, excuse me, is demonstrated, because you haven't sensed it, be my guest.
Now, rejecting an answer, or diverting it, or reframing it, does not mean you have not received an answer. It means you either don't get it or you don't like it.
Now here's a straightforward question for you: who are the "we" you're invoking?