Personal Experience Debunked

"I'm an atheist, but I've personally experienced God in the same way that many religious people have. I left Christianity and my "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" a while back even though I had those experiences, and I think I have good reasons for that. The argument from personal experience is thrown at me often, so I wanted to have this on the record, as well as explain why personal experience isn't evidence for god."

Click on the link below:

My Personal Experience with God (As an Atheist)
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***If you disagree with this article, how do you justify or verify that your beliefs are true? What is your view regarding the value of evidence?***

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Insight Into Religious Experiences

Many, if not most, religious people are so not because of evidence or philosophical logic/syllogisms but from religious experiences. Elizabeth Loftus, "an American cognitive psychologist, and expert on human memory has conducted extensive research on the malleability of human memory. Loftus is best known for her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect and eyewitness memory, and the creation and nature of false memories, including recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse." 

Below is a 9-min video on how religious experiences can influence the belief systems of the religious.

Arguing God from religious experience?

Personal Experience And Evidence

On my Facebook page recently, I posted a link supporting my opinion that personal experience is not evidence   The push-back on this statement was significant.  Many had a flexible definition of the term evidence which included personal experience.  Following is a clarification of these two terms.