3691 MYSTICISM MADNESS - Call In Show - May 17th, 2017

Question 1: [2:21] – “Mrs. Mysticism was making a very reasonable point, but making it weakly. Your response was to attack her inability to state the case. Is this not morally blameworthy in your ethics?”Question 2: [46:53 – “I believe that objective truth is the foundation of reality, but not that evidence based objectivity completely encompasses all truth. Operational truth, as I call it, exists where the objective jury is out but a judgement call must still be made in an attempt to avoid cognitive dissonance. The foundation of this kind of truth is still evidence based, but self-knowledge plays a much larger role due to the limited amount of possible objectivity. This is the most clinical characterization of belief that I could come up with, what do you think?”Question 3: [1:26:22] – “Considering mysticism through the analytical psychology of Carl Jung, isn't it exactly what rational people like us need in order to successfully communicate the message of philosophy to the part of mankind that perceives the world through feelings, to wake them up from their 'mainstream media and education system induced' collective trance?”Question 4: [1:52:57] – “Stefan you're an atheist. I'm not. I have had supernatural experiences. I've spoken in tongues during what I would call a spiritual battle where the Holy Spirit's presence was felt by everyone in the room. I back up is this statement with simple science and say that humans have a spirit/soul! Therefore, God exists. Science teaches us that matter doesn't disappear. It changes forms. Water, ice, steam. Same thing, different form. Doesn't this prove the existence of God? Life after death? If not, what happens to the mind, thoughts and dreams of someone when they die? How can anyone just believe that all that "magic" disappears into the ether of nothingness?”Question 4: [2:34:47] – “A previous caller, Mrs. Mysticism attempted to explain the necessity of mysticism. Though her explanation was garbled in spiritual/mystical rhetoric, to the point where it was even confusing to me I still want to re-pose the question: Do you think that reason/rational is in conflict with the mystical? If we are always learning about new dimensions of science and our physical reality that informs how we live today, in renouncing mysticism as gobbledygook are we turning our backs on obvious facts about our world much like flat-earthers rejecting the possibility that the earth is round?”Your support is essential to Freedomain Radio, which is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by making a one time donation or signing up for a monthly recurring donation at: http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate