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THREE WAYS LEAD A PERSON TO BELIEVE IN GOD: EXPERIENCE, TRADITION AND PHILOSOPHY
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138. THOSE THAT DIDN’T EXPERIENCE IT

Can we doubt tangible experiences

Moreover, even those who have not underwent a religious experience themselves, given the fact that so many people throughout history went through such experiences, should take them seriously and consider the possibility that they really exist.

Many scholars have examined the religious experience and the differences between them and transient hallucinations (among them William James in his book The Religious Experience of the Issue and Yehuda Gelman in his book Experience of GOD and the Rationality of Theistic Beliefs), and denying such a wide range of experience and testimonies of so many people solely on the basis of prejudice is irrational.

Some argue that religious experiences are worthless because they mostly reflect the religious views of those who experience them, and since not all religions may be true, it is clear that this is a subjective experience that does not teach an objective reality. But there are a number of failures in this argument.

First, there are many similarities between religious experiences, whereas the differences can be attributed to the interpretation (similar to people who look at a work of art and interpret it in different ways – is that why it is said to exist?).

Second, it is quite possible that in all religions there is truth; they all try to express the transcendent beyond words, and when a person experiences a religious experience, the same reality appears to his eyes through symbols and images familiar to him.

Third, there are people who have had a religious experience that does not match the background in which they grew up. In any case, in the eyes of those who have personally experienced the divine presence, those who deny it are similar to people who have no musical sense who claim that music is nothing but “noise.” It is impossible to convince them, but it is so clear that they are wrong.

"The Logical Proof Of GOD" book by HOLY LAND MAN

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YOUR SOUL NEEDS SPIRITUALITY BUT YOU ONLY TRUST REALITY & FACTS

In the spiritual world reside the forces that operate our lives in daily reality. Get to know them, because your happiness depends on them.

While we are selfish creatures with survival mechanisms and animal instincts to achieve more than we need, we’re also wired (DNA & neurotheology) for spirituality and to live for the greater good, for the higher self. For that reason, we are wired to protect our spouse, our family, our country, and be connected to a higher spirituality we call GOD (whatever it is).

We seek to connect to the highest authority which is above human sensual perception. We seek a GOD to be our ultimate guide. Not the GOD that the religions created for us with endless restrictions and imaginary hell and heaven, but the true real GOD.

This book sums up thousands of years and debates to one practical conclusion: is it good for humans to have and believe in (a) GOD or not.

While emerging in the debate, keep an open mind and ignore any religious misconception of who GOD really is. You are here because you care to know if there is a higher authority and if your life will be more fulfilled with GOD in it. You want to know if spirituality is good for you.

WHEN DO YOU FEEL SPIRITUALITY?

The spirit is invisible, but it is revealed in every phenomenon in life that means oneness. It is revealed the moment you look into a person’s eyes and discover that you both feel the same. Spirituality is revealed as soon as you do something that makes others a caravan of joy. It is revealed the moment someone refers to you and you refer to him, and you are both aware of each other’s existence. As a Roman poet so beautifully put it: “Outside all the notions of good and evil there is a field. Will you meet me there?”

Socrates was said to have not come from Athens, but from the world. You and I are two aspects of one reality, united and all-embracing. In unity no differences are eliminated. For things to unite, they do not have to lose their individual identities.  In unity only the separation between them is abolished, which is the difference in value and importance. Then it turns out that everything is one thing.

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