Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief

Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief Apr 25, 2019 21:43:29 GMT via mobile

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Post by The Lost One on Apr 25, 2019 21:43:29 GMT

Apr 25, 2019 21:10:29 GMT @graham said:

Apr 25, 2019 20:12:07 GMT The Lost One said:

I think she would accept that. Her point is more even if someone who has had the experience accepts your argument as theoretically sound, they won't be able to believe it.

And she's wrong. It is entirely possible to believe that one has had a false experience, misremembered it, or misunderstood it.

Apparently she thought if you had the kind of experience she had then you could not doubt it. It's kind of an unassailable argument in a way as if someone were to say they had that kind of experience and did doubt it she could simply say that it couldn't have been the same kind of experience then. Doesn't really get her anywhere though I guess.