Much like a Kaniza triangle
[https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/047d017f-10be-4ad0-a52a-36dd518cd608.png] where
the artist has not drawn a triangle, this sphere was not drawn by the artist and
is known as a contour illusion. I like to think this is how theists see god.
They see evidence that they consider divine that outlines or contours the shape
of something that isn’t there. I’d like to close this post with a quote from
Pascal that I find both fitting and oddly humorous. There is a God shaped vacuum
in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only
by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
When I was younger, I seriously considered the possibility that I had some sort of genetic abnormality that was unable to sense a god’s presence and quotes like this did not help.
Then at least two people have this defect because I was never able to either. 18 years going to church weekly, sometimes more, and nearly ten years as an altar server.
When I was younger, I seriously considered the possibility that I had some sort of genetic abnormality that was unable to sense a god’s presence and quotes like this did not help.
Then at least two people have this defect because I was never able to either. 18 years going to church weekly, sometimes more, and nearly ten years as an altar server.
Everyone has that “defect.” A lot of people just don’t realize it.
Never had that feeling. I always was calling out for proof from God and when he didn’t deliver I got upset.
Sad it took me until I was 31 to realize he was not real and the reason I always was questioning him was because deep down I knew it was all bullshit.
You too!?
Always had trouble deluding myself, even when I tried.
Till I realized that’s what I was doing, anyway.