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Originally Posted by drkpower  You (and tsemesis below) are missing the point.
It may be evidence that I believe I love my wife. But there is no evidence that love exists.
I am equating love to faith. Both are interpretations that different individuals give to what they see and experience in life. But both are mere interpretations. Neither can be shown to exist.
Some of you guys demean those who base their lives around their faith while you base your own lives (rightly) around your love for wife, kids, family, whatever.... |
If you believe you love someone then I think people are generally in agreement that it means you DO love your wife.
The same way if you believe you have faith in God it generally means you DO have faith in god.
Both cases do not offer any evidence that the object in question (your wife or god) exists. Since faith and love are purely mental states, their presence or absence proves nothing about something which lies beyond the realm of your psyche.
Your wife might be dead, she may never have existed and the same goes for god in whom you have placed your faith.
Shane.