Okay, so my ideas are based on metaphysical claims and they are therefore not falsifiable and not scientific. I believe that Science is real, but I believe it is limited by the boundaries of the world. And a good scientist believes that too.
Where I come in with the oddball idea is that I believe there is another kind of knowledge, other than science, that is real. And I believe it is knowledge of the Spirit. I believe that human knowledge of the Spirit is limited, but that the Spirit itself, unlike anything physical, is unlimited.
This isn't a scientific claim. Now in my mind, that's ok, because I don't believe you can reduce the entire world to science. There is love and hate and all kinds of things that aren't part of scientific knowledge except as a chemical transfer or a proton discharge.
Some people disagree with me. Some days I'm not so sure. But I think life requires spiritual things in order to be of any meaning. This claim is typical of religion, and a point of much dispute among people of differing beliefs, and I can't prove it. I wish I could give you cold facts, but all I have is my experience. Experience is a bit tricky, because it's not a fact.
Not all scientific knowledge is fact. Very little of it in fact. But it is backed up by a certain system of proof that I can't produce for my spiritual beliefs. And like I said, I wish I could. So there is the limits of my way of viewing things. I'll be back in just a moment when I think of a new topic.
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