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Argument from religious experience (view source)
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*[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/veridical The Free Dictionary.com "veridical"]
*[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/veridical The Free Dictionary.com "veridical"]
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*[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/veridical Dictionary.com "veridical"]</ref> Thus the theory that religious experience is delusionary would also explain some of the vast differences which different religious people claim to have in their "experience" of God, namely, that people "experience" what they want to experience. This is the sceptic's logical fallacy of [[confirmation bias]] and [[cherry picking]]. If an atheist had an experience of God, the committed atheist could freely dismiss it afterward as an aberrent psychological experience having no objective external reality. This is the fallacy of [[Solipsism]].<ref>Compare
*[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/veridical Dictionary.com "veridical"]</ref> Thus the theory that religious experience is delusionary would also explain some of the vast differences which different religious people claim to have in their "experience" of God, namely, that people "experience" what they want to experience. This is the sceptic's logical fallacy of [[confirmation bias]] and [[cherry picking]]. If an atheist had an experience of God, the committed atheist could freely dismiss it afterward as an aberrent psychological experience having no objective external reality. This is the fallacy of [[Solipsism]].<ref>Compare
*[http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallacies/161-self-sealing-argument Logically Fallacious: Self-sealing argument]
*[http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallacies/161-self-sealing-argument Logically Fallacious: Self-sealing argument]