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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to be like you. Over the years I’ve had several odd, sometimes disturbing, sometimes moving experiences that tell me there is something beyond the known.

Whether you believe it or not, it is always there for you. [/quote]

+1 you just feel there is something beyond our physical world when you've experienced certain things[/quote]

How would that be any different than a delusion?  How could you tell the difference?[/quote]

Since the question was never answered, I will assume the answer is, "It would not be any different".[/quote]

People of "faith" would be better off not trying to explain or justify their faith.  It's just something they feel - it's very individual and not related to reality.[/quote]

No one asked for faith to be explained or justified.  It was a simple question.[/quote]

Could be that people of faith don't relate faith to anything but faith so can't respond to a question about delusion,  Faith is seen as a good thing -- something that brings joy and everlasting life.  Delusion sounds negative and crazy.[/quote]

Then they should easily be able to explain what the difference would be.[/quote]

Ok.  I feel pretty certain that you have had a stroke that makes you keep repeating the same things over and over again without being able to learn any new information.  
How do you know that you haven’t?  How would that feel different?  [/quote]

I'm not making any claim.  I am asking those who are making one, and repeating the question because I am curious as to the response and haven't gotten one yet.  This exchange:

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you just feel there is something beyond our physical world when you've experienced certain things[/i]

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How would that be any different than a delusion?  How could you tell the difference?[/i]

This is the information I am seeking.[/quote]

If you'd like to read an actual full length book on how Christians deal with this question (which is a real one! We have doubts!), I recommend "When God Talks Back" by Tanya Luhrmann. Nobody is going to out-logic you on the internet to your satisfaction and we all know that. Her book actually starts with the premise that the fundamental daily work of faith is figuring out how to keep believing things that do not appear to be true. It's an ethnography, not apologetics or debunking, so it focuses on how people think rather than taking a position on whether they're right or wrong - very objective.[/quote]

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