These words keep popping up a lot, like turds in a punchbowl--they add nothing of value to the mix and muddy the water, so to speak.
People ask me to "prove" what I state. Okay, suppose I say that I had a bowl of Life cereal with a sliced banana on it for breakfast this morning? I know I did--I was there, I experienced it and I remember it. But I can't really "prove" this to anyone. I could take you into my cabin and show you the peel and the used bowl--still, the chance exists that that was yesterday's breakfast. Or even someone else's breakfast.
I have stated that I drive a 1991 Mazda MPV. I have posted pictures of it. Is that proof? Maybe those are pictures of someone else's car. Suppose I post a copy of my owner's card. How do I prove that the name on the card is "really" me? I can't, really.
I have stated that my wife has four great-grandchildren. How do I "prove" this? I have no evidence, not even a copy of her family tree--which wouldn't "prove" anything since famliy trees can--and have--been faked. I accept it as true because my sweety has no reason to lie.
I have stated that I have done laying-on of hands healing. I know this, I was there, as was the person I healed plus two witnesses. Maybe I am lying. Maybe the person who said I healed him was lying--although we all saw the swelling and inflammation go down. No way to really "prove" any of that happened.
Now, all of you reading this--think about your parents. Can you "prove" they are really your parents? Maybe you were adopted--many adoptees do not know they were. Suppose you do a DNA test--is that "proof"? People can--and have--bribed lab techs. People can--and have--faked DNA tests. And birth certificates.
I know what I know--or remember--about God and such because I have experienced it. I know what I know about my past lives because I remember them. What I have read about God and accept as true, is because it resonates with me, and "feels" right. (Our bodies have a great deal of wisdom, we need only know how to tap into it.)
Words are the language of the mind--feelings are the language of the soul.
I think that some--perhaps many-- of those who demand "proof" and "evidence" are not so much seeking truth as showing off, or trying to be cute. They are to be pitied.
[This message has been edited by ArmsMerchant (edited 09-16-2006).]
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