you almost sound like the total scientific consensus is that we have physical proof of invisible forces.
Not invisible in the broad sense, since they're all detectable. But yes, we have strong evidence of gravity, electro-magnetism, the strong force and the weak force. For details, just look in Wikipedia.
Do you go to dark matter conferences and harangue the participants that dark matter is theoretical because we lack physical evidence for it?
I don't have to. Being scientists, they know that dark matter is the name of a problem, a hypothetical thing, one we're yet to define and find.
What is also upsetting is your insistence that we provide the physical Jesus to you, now, personally.
No, get him to appear to a body of researchers with the necessary instruments to detect the qualities of this being. That's all that's needed.
And it seems that although you say he's real, has objective existence, you don't have a recent photo to set the ball rolling.
It's as if you've read almost zero of the New Testament. Almost 100% of the New Testament books explain Christ's resurrection and ascension, and that the Holy Spirit is on Earth appearing to followers of Christ.
Ah, so if you're on earth, it's impossible to meet Jesus. I hadn't understood you to say that before. But if that's the case, does the Holy Ghost have objective existence? Or is [it] imaginary?
You have no right to claim you have not encountered the Christian God--and therefore the Christian God cannot exist
That wasn't what I said. I said that the Christian god lacks a definition such that if we encountered [him] we could tell it was him. Nor any useful description of the manner in which [he] exists. And that the only place he'd ever been detected is in the imagination of individuals.
But then you claim that [he]'s real, [he] exists independently of anyone's imagination, [he] has objective existence. So I very reasonably say, Really? Show me. And you can't.
you are denied the appearances and experiences of Christ as a scoffer.
No wonder [his] PR is a disaster. [He] should be appearing unambiguously to the scoffers and rubbing their noses in their error, and then going and having a beer with them and telling them how the system works. That'd fix the scoffer problem quick enough!
What's more, I've never seen your physical brain, nor have you
No, I haven't had a direct view of my brain, and I hope not to. I have however seen various sectioned x-rays of it (they're in a cupboard somewhere) so I know it's in there. Indeed, even
before the x-rays I was pretty much aware that it produced my sense of self and so on.
The question, my friend, is this. Do you have a metaphysical heart?
I'm not clear what that is, but fortunately I have a
real heart.