How to counter wind argument

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verilon wrote:
Kuroneko wrote:
Rye wrote:well the argument i always hear from creationists is the one about the wind.

The argument goes like this: "well you believe in the wind right? and you can't see that, it has to be felt, same with god." ...
Such an argument relies on such exceedingly superficial interpretation of science that it misses the point completely. Not only does this argument limit science to just one sense for no reason whatsoever (certainly no good scientist would deny the existence of an invisible phenomenon that causes consistent tactile sensation), but it also commits an equivocance on "feel"--it goes from tactile sensation (feeling the wind) to a psychoogical kind of feeling (feeling God's presense). The first error is probably due to ignorance, but the second is outright dishonesty.
No, it's not, to them. They feel that sometimes you can "feel" the Hly Spirit (part of God) as in the tactile sense.. It's an internal feeling, at best, but it's what they say..
That explains why, the last time I felt God, it turned out to be a bad case of gas.
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