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Originally Posted by Beebs
Well yes, but I took the question as a leading question to get people to explain if just lack of evidence or an impossibility of evidence was the issue.
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I really take issue with the concept of "impossibility of evidence" in almost everything it's attributed to, and it's why the concept of agnosticism really nags at me.
If something affects the physical world, it can, potentially and eventually, be tested inside the physical world.
In regard to the supernatural and metaphysical, brain science is really the key to all of these. Once we figure out how everything inside the brain works, we'll be able to eliminate a lot of mass delusions, I think. The fundamental misunderstanding here is emotions that make a person feel so "spiritual" or "connected with the universe" are
so strong and meaningful that it instills in them a sense of "this can't just be physical" -- but all the evidence points to exactly that.
Also, as I've said elsewhere, if you can get those same emotions from certain drugs, it either means the drugs are physically and chemically affecting your brain/body (in the physical/material world), or it means that the drug is a spiritual conduit into another dimension or whatever. Pretty easy answer to me.