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And to dogpile on your statement that you can't prove evolution despite it being one of the most complete observations. There's recorded history of mystical, spiritual, and religious events happening.
The fact that we've lost or never had the ability to scientifically verify the spiritual for some reason doesn't really invalidate the claims of the past, rather it places them into a position where you should not rely upon them for specific outcomes.
At most, it suggests that there is some other actor at play and that other actor has not been identified yet, whether that be a I don't know a form of ergot that has died out due to changes in CO2 levels in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution or something like that.
Maybe magic existed in the silphium plant that was lost to antiquity, maybe the strange gases that accumulated in the Grecian oracles put human beings in the State of mind needed for prophecy but their sources have dissipated.
Maybe the cause is three of the four peoples of the earth breaking their sacred Wheels according to the Hopi religion.
My opinion is that as an individual what I believe should be respected as long as it does not directly impact another.
If I want to hang up candles for Beltane then that's me and whatever.
When an atheist flips out online because religion is being discussed amongst people who have religious inclinations then they are the assholes every single time, the same as when I as a religious person flips out that atheism is being discussed online then I am the asshole.
There may be recorded history of people making claims of religious events but none with any actual evidence. You don't need to invalidate claims that were never validated in the first place.
Maybe this.. maybe that. You can claim maybe for literally an infinite number of things, but unless there's evidence or logic to follow, then it's meaningless.
If you want to believe then go ahead, but don't expect others to take you seriously. That's my biggest problem with religion. Expecting others to believe the same things you do is incredibly arrogant.
Maybe the person you replied to is just 3 kids standing on each other’s shoulders, wearing an overcoat
Can't prove they aren't.
Then it must be true!
I have the same expectation that others will take me seriously that I do that people will generally be kind and respectful towards me.
The grand majority will, a few won't, and in normal interactions it will never come to blows.
That you won't take me seriously is not a point I will ever concern myself with, and should we meet in person I doubt our religious stances will ever enter the interaction.
A: reports are evidence. Not conclusive but 100% evidence.
B: you can't make a claim and then demand other People are responsible for proving your claim is not true. You must do so as you made the claim.
C: the OP demanded we all take their belief seriously. no one demanded that they take anyone else's as such.
D: yes, that is the point. Expecting others to accept the OP's belief which was in no way supported outside of their declaration that it must be believed is indeed incredibly arrogant.
If someone puts a clearly empty jar in front of you, and I say there is something in it while you say there is nothing. Who is responsible for proving their point?
Your straw man is not really helpful. The one saying there is nothing in the jar would need to prove it as it is an outrageous claim to have achieved an absolute vacuum in the jar.
Your being pedantic and defensive because you know and don't like the answer. I can't force you see reason so keep on living in your delusion. May it bring you peace and whatnot.