Reply #72: Interesting point

[bigbillhaywood]

Let's follow up with a previous analogy. Let's say the Easter Bunny talks to me, would I then be taking the "unscientific" view by checking myself into the looney bin? Or what if my cat started talking to me, then suddenly stopped? That would be cool-- but anyways, would I be irrational in denying the overwhelming evidence that my cat was talking, rather than just assuming I'm schizophrenic? Now if your example was the God came to me and a bunch of other people saw the exact same thing at the exact same time and there was no evidence that the apparition was caused by anything of this world-- then I guess I'd have to recognize God's existence. But my point holds, unsubstantiated personal "experience" is not objective evidence.