Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Members Blogs
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Self Moderated Area
Scholairebochts Blog.
An Open Letter to Atheists
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Tiger" data-source="post: 143460" data-attributes="member: 353"><p>James, it’s abundantly clear that you have a library of pre-programmed responses; and when the evidence unsettles you, you lazily reach for whichever of them is handiest; in this case the tired and well worn - ‘God of the Gaps.’ which you always reach for when the discussion gets beyond your level of comprehension. It's obvious to anyone who is actually following the debate properly that this response makes absolutely no bloody sense whatsoever. In point of fact - it's actually more of a '<strong>Materialism of the Gaps'</strong> where you are left to invoke <strong>promissory scientism</strong> to explain away why clinically dead people have experiences when their brain has no cortical activity and is offline.</p><p></p><p>I am not invoking divinity to patch ignorance; I am describing a vast, reproducible dataset. Across cultures and contexts, clinically dead patients consistently report structured experiences ; out-of-body perception, panoramic life review, encounters with a radiant presence. These reports include <strong>veridical details</strong>, sometimes so precise that doctors have remarked they could serve as instructional material for medical students. Do you know what a veridical report means James? Do I have to explain it to you? (Of course I do).</p><p></p><p>What better source could there be on death than those who have <strong>actually died</strong>? That’s how we seek truth in every other field; we ask the witnesses. But when ten percent of humanity (as the European Academy of Neurology reported in 2019) testifies to the same reality, the materialist suddenly plugs his ears and mutters something about neurons. This isn’t God of the Gaps. This is <strong>Materialism of the Gaps</strong>: clinging to the blind hope that ‘someday’ science will explain away what is already staring them in the face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiger, post: 143460, member: 353"] James, it’s abundantly clear that you have a library of pre-programmed responses; and when the evidence unsettles you, you lazily reach for whichever of them is handiest; in this case the tired and well worn - ‘God of the Gaps.’ which you always reach for when the discussion gets beyond your level of comprehension. It's obvious to anyone who is actually following the debate properly that this response makes absolutely no bloody sense whatsoever. In point of fact - it's actually more of a '[B]Materialism of the Gaps'[/B] where you are left to invoke [B]promissory scientism[/B] to explain away why clinically dead people have experiences when their brain has no cortical activity and is offline. I am not invoking divinity to patch ignorance; I am describing a vast, reproducible dataset. Across cultures and contexts, clinically dead patients consistently report structured experiences ; out-of-body perception, panoramic life review, encounters with a radiant presence. These reports include [B]veridical details[/B], sometimes so precise that doctors have remarked they could serve as instructional material for medical students. Do you know what a veridical report means James? Do I have to explain it to you? (Of course I do). What better source could there be on death than those who have [B]actually died[/B]? That’s how we seek truth in every other field; we ask the witnesses. But when ten percent of humanity (as the European Academy of Neurology reported in 2019) testifies to the same reality, the materialist suddenly plugs his ears and mutters something about neurons. This isn’t God of the Gaps. This is [B]Materialism of the Gaps[/B]: clinging to the blind hope that ‘someday’ science will explain away what is already staring them in the face. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Name
Verification
Does Doxxie know his real father.
Post reply
Latest Threads
B
THE EFFECT ON IRELAND OF THE IMPENDING COLLAPSE OF THE UK ECONOMY.
Started by BIG FAT HOOR
Today at 6:41 PM
Replies: 3
Economy
Do you feel the change?
Started by Anderson
Yesterday at 4:41 PM
Replies: 3
Nationalist Politics
S
Baron of Delvin, newly identified as an unknown Irish harp/lute composer of c.1585
Started by scolairebocht
Yesterday at 2:24 PM
Replies: 1
Scholairebochts Blog.
Neo-Paganism & National Socialism
Started by céline
Yesterday at 9:05 AM
Replies: 0
Religion
J
New Irish discussion forum launched
Started by Jay Homer Simpson
Yesterday at 8:52 AM
Replies: 6
Public Chat and Announcements
Popular Threads
Ukraine.
Started by Declan
Feb 21, 2022
Replies: 15K
World at War
US Politics.
Started by jpc
Nov 7, 2022
Replies: 6K
USA
Mass Migration to Ireland & Europe
Started by Anderson
Feb 26, 2023
Replies: 5K
Nationalist Politics
C
🦠 Covid 19 Vaccine Thread 💉
Started by Charlene
Sep 14, 2021
Replies: 3K
Health
General Chat in The Marcus Lounge.
Started by Declan
Dec 30, 2024
Replies: 3K
Public Chat and Announcements
The Climate Change scam
Started by Anderson
Jul 29, 2022
Replies: 2K
Climate Change
Forums
Self Moderated Area
Scholairebochts Blog.
An Open Letter to Atheists
Top
Bottom