Comments on: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About: Religion, God, and Spirituality http://www.clockbackward.com/2009/11/17/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions-about-religion-god-and-spirituality/ A Mathematician Writes About Philosophy, Science, Rationality, Ethics, Religion, Skepticism and the Search for Truth Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Todd http://www.clockbackward.com/2009/11/17/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions-about-religion-god-and-spirituality/comment-page-1/#comment-15163 Todd Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:31:52 +0000 http://www.clockbackward.com/?p=455#comment-15163 A few questions: Doesn't history(apart from the Bible) acknowledge the existence of Jesus of Nazareth? You kept referring to false relgions throughout the article. How can you know which one is false and which one isn't? You even made this statement: "but of course there is no reason to assume that the religion that you happen to be born into is more likely to be correct than any other." I believe in scientific proof and objective reasoning as much as you do, but it always bothers me that maybe, just MAYBE, certain people do have this "special revelation" from God, a god, or gods. Of course that is very subjective, but can you rule out the possibility of personal revelation? I wish I could. A few questions:

Doesn’t history(apart from the Bible) acknowledge the existence of Jesus of Nazareth?

You kept referring to false relgions throughout the article. How can you know which one is false and which one isn’t? You even made this statement: “but of course there is no reason to assume that the religion that you happen to be born into is more likely to be correct than any other.” I believe in scientific proof and objective reasoning as much as you do, but it always bothers me that maybe, just MAYBE, certain people do have this “special revelation” from God, a god, or gods. Of course that is very subjective, but can you rule out the possibility of personal revelation? I wish I could.

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