Donuel, there is a world of difference between what is currently beyond us and a totally fake "Beyond," invented by people of faith who wish to put their beliefs beyond scrutiny. DMcG, I did not say that "the scientific method will, with enough effort, yield results." I do not generally resort to the banal, thank you. Reactions to or confrontations with classical music or sculptures, or paintings, are indeed personal, and can't be subjected in any real way to the scientific method. They are what make us human beings and not Mr Spocks. I do not discount "everything that is not scientific" (whatever that means) and never have done. Snail has picked me up for claiming beauty for life on Earth and I've had to tell him to bugger off. Everything I say about God is my opinion only (unlike all those prayers you and Joe say every Sunday, which are replete with unwarranted certainties) because I don't know whether or not he exists (all I have is your word, innocent of evidence, of course). As for everyone having opinions of their own, well why should I put other people's opinions on the same respectable footing as mine if theirs are predicated on myths and lies whereas mine are predicated on evidence?
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