MojoHand; Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you well and keeping well away from the fires and smoke.
If I may, I've got a question for you since it appears to me there's a category of folks that have been omitted.
Where or how do you or the author classify people who have had experiences in their lives that cannot be explained by science or logic?
We can call them "supernatural" or "miracles" or simply leave the experiences as unexplained - but where will we put those folks?
I'm cognizant that my experiences are not yours as yours are not my own and neither one of us can truly understand or perhaps even empathize with someone else whose life experience is vastly different from our own.
But supposing there are people out there who have had such things happen to them that cannot be explained - would it be acceptable for those individuals to believe in "something more" than we can see, feel, touch or explain with currently understood science?
Just curious is all sir.
As I age I'm increasingly leery of anyone who says, "these people" are "always that way" and this is why - if you know what I mean?
All the best to you in the remaining fleeting days of summer sir and good luck on your hunts this fall.
Dwayne
Dwayne,
I have always loved your humility and thoughtful posts and you ask a legitimate question.
Many people have experiences they can't 'explain' but often they are not fully investigated. In addition, as AS asked, why does it have to be the work of that particular person's particular God? This goes to the point in the OP that if faith is truly faith (no facts and provable evidence to back it up), then how does any 'believer' (no matter their religion/creed) tout their experiences over another? If one wishes to attribute the unexplained to the metaphysical or supernatural, shouldn't they should allow for the possibility it might not be their version of the supernatural?
You ask if it's acceptable for someone to believe in 'something more' than science can currently explain...I say, absolutely. Just please admit that is a choice not based on fact but belief.
I enjoy your posts, Dwayne, and wish you and your family the best this hunting season up in the Nothwoods!
It ain't what you don't know that makes you an idiot...it's what you know for certain, that just ain't so...
Most people don't want to believe the truth~they want the truth to be what they believe.
