@fmf saidI understand that, but the reality and truth of something is not dependent on you believing in it. It exists independently of you.
I am not religious and I don't believe that the scripture from your religion sheds light on "the truth" other than it states a subjective perspective shared by adherents of your religion.
God, for example, exists whether you believe He does or not. Everyone on the planet could be an atheist and that wouldn’t affect the reality and truthfulness of God’s existence one bit.
@savedbygrace saidIf this is, in your estimation, an "argument" that corroborates your perspective about "the truth", then it is nothing different from the dog-eared rhetorical riff that KellyJay trots out.
I understand that, but the reality and truth of something is not dependent on you believing in it. It exists independently of you.
@savedbygrace saidFact 1: The God figure you believe in may or may not exist. Your belief that it certainly does exist does not alter Fact 1.
God, for example, exists whether you believe He does or not.
@savedbygrace saidEveryone on the planet could be a practising Jew: it wouldn't mean the Jewish God figure is real.
Everyone on the planet could be an atheist and that wouldn’t affect the reality and truthfulness of God’s existence one bit.
@savedbygrace saidExactly. We humans can only engage in conjecture about its existence and we do it because it is in our nature to do so.
God’s existence is not dependent upon humans confirming or denying it.
@savedbygrace saidOf course not. It's a silly thing to suggest.
Do you think the existence (or non-existence) of something is dependent upon human belief and/or acknowledgment?