What is it like to be a true believer? For many, it’s something like a perceptual experience – like just directly seeing that there’s an orange on the table in front of...
Read MoreWe have been discussing mystical experiences with Ibrahim Lawson (who defends a sort of Islamic mysticism) and others. Let’s sum up a bit: I am sceptical about...
Read MoreIbrahim has posted a poem to illustrate the mystical Islamic tradition that he admires. Ibrahim in italics. It’s in response to my posting on intellectual black...
Read MoreHere’s Ibrahim’s latest response to the immediately preceding post on religion and intellectual black holes. I think your piece on the ‘madness’ of mystical...
Read More[This is partly in response to some excellent comments on the preceding post: The Emperor’s New Clothes. Commentators have suggested that appeals to God’s...
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