Angela,
How do you reconcile this with your disagreements with religions involving a Personal Interventionist God?
All,
Proof (or evidence) is just a way to share your perspective with another. It means that, if we agree on our assumptions, and we agree on how we draw conclusions from them, then we agree on our conclusions. That's it.
It's meaningless in subjective reality, as Steve pointed out, but if you don't use subjective reality, then you need proof for every claim. This isn't about the mental patients down the street; they exist only because you created them, under the model of subjective reality. Under the model of objective reality, they exist independently, and their experiences are their own, and any claims they make are subject to independent proof because their conclusions do not agree with yours, and so there is a distinction between your assumptions and theirs that needs to be rectified in order for the two of you to agree on your perspectives.
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