IPU's vs. Hong Kong

[Dancing David]

My bat/ice cream analogy is not a strawman. Every person who gets hit in the head with a bat describes the experience in some way that is compatible with all other bat-hitting descriptions. However a definition is expressed, the fact remains that we can all agree on what getting hit by a bat means.

If one is to make the mistaken assumption that god is an outside influence then it is not a straw man.

But if we assume that god is solely relegated to the realm of psychological experinece then it is a great big straw man.

Why not alow for the defintion that god is a human experinece with reference to the realm outside the cranium.

 

[Yahzi]

Why not alow for the defintion that god is a human experinece with reference to the realm outside the cranium.

Well, the simple answer is because that's not what the believers are arguing for. They aren't willing to define god as merely a psychological interpretation.

Pretty much nobody is arguing for that position, actually. It's like the theory that God just created the universe 12 seconds ago, complete with the appearence of past history. That theory solves a lot of problems (including the problem of evil!), but for some reason, nobody (neither beleivers or athiests) is willing to consider it seriously.