You said "stuff like that never happens" ... I just keep it open ...
But people don't grow limbs back. Just like apples never fall "up" and instead, always fall "down".
You can "keep open" all you want to phenomenon that would be violations or suspensions of natural law (like people growing back limbs, or apples falling "up", or pink leprechauns suddenly swarming out of your fridge, or extra-dimensional aliens materializing before your eyes, or......), but the fact is that such stuff simply doesn't happen.
miracles can and do happen.
Or so you claim....
Some people also claim to have seen Elvis at Walmart. But you know.....
That I am easily impressed
Well, clearly you are.... as you are seemingly willing to simply believe claims like the one above....
So, it's not much a fantasy, it seems to me, to state you easily believe fantastical claims. After all, it's per your own acknowledgement, not just merely my assessment.....
Most of the time, if I say something, that is just what it is. Sarcasm, cynicism, ironic I rather avoid.
How is this in any way an answer to the question you are responding to?
You said: "I, however, see no reason to jump from their to gods or other such supernatural shenannigans."
I said: "Of course not, you are an Atheist."
Again, if I say something, that is just what it is. No sarcasm or whatever. I understand that an Atheist sees no reason to jump from there to gods...
I didn't claim you were being sarcastic.
I just took your response as is. And your response implies a causal relation between me being an atheist and me not making a leap of faith to gods. That is to say: that I don't make those jumps
because I'm an atheist. That is just incorrect.
A correct response on your part would have been something like: "
Off course not, you value evidence and reason and stay clear of faith based beliefs".
I urged you to continue with what you are doing. I do not belittle the way you choose.
And thanks for your concerns and your advice. I am happy with my way though, and my answers are accurate enough for me.
There's no such thing as "personal accuracy".
Statements about the external world are either accurate or they are not.
I agree there is no "reason to take those feelings and use them to jump to gods or other supernatural shenannigans."
Why I still do? That is very simple. Once you experience that bhakti yoga works, it has it's charm and a lot of charm. Just let me have my fun, I let you have your fun. I don't tell you to stop sex and drugs and rock 'n roll or whatever you prefer. Some people enjoy drinking coffee or beer. And even 1 Liter a day or so. Disgusting if you ask me. But I don't tell them to stop. If that is what makes them happy, I let them have it. I don't urge them to stop it. Why would I?
Note: I understand if it is hard for you to believe that I do not see Atheism as inferior to Theism, because on RF I get many times the feeling that quite a few Theists do feel their way superior than the Atheist way (and even superior than other Theist denominations). I do NOT entertain such thoughts or feelings. Therefore if I tell an Atheist to continue on his path I mean it. Just as simple as that.
Ow don't get me wrong, I don't give a rat's behind about what you think about atheism or not.
I only care about what is true.
Sure, being a secular democrat / humanist, I do are about those theists who can't seem to comprehend that their religious beliefs are their own private business and I will come down heavy on those who'll try and stuff their religious shennanigans down my or other people's throat, no doubt.
Kuddo's to you if you aren't like that and are a "secular theist" yourself. Great. Awesome.
But that doesn't stop us from having a discussion on what is actually true.