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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Is this your way of saying that you don't believe in witnesses from the Holy Ghost? That you don't believe in a spiritual dimension removed from rationalism?
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What I'm saying is that warm fuzzies, which is how spiritual communication is conceptualized these days, and which I've had plenty of, is too universal a phenomenon. If you have a exclusive religious belief, ie. this is the only true church, then it should be confirmed in such a way that is spiritually exclusive. But the same kinds of feelings tell people radically different things regarding the truth. Warm fuzzies are common to every tradition, even other exclusive ones. It's not that hard to see through.
As for a spiritual dimension, I'm open to it, but don't trust feelings as a guide for truth. So at this point, I don't know, and I take a wait for further light and knowledge approach. I'm NOT asserting or arguing that there is NO spiritual dimension, and I'm honestly not trying to argue with anyone one way or the other. This is a sidetrack for me, I'm more interested in arguing historical issues, such as source criticism of the BOM, dating of Isaiah, NT textual criticism, etc.