48. THE EXPERIENCE IS SIMILAR – THE PERCEPTION INDIVIDUALISTIC
In any case, there is no evidence in the multiplicity of different testimonies that these are hallucinations. If aliens had come to Earth several times, they would probably describe it in completely different ways: one would see a sea, the other a forest, and the third a large city.
46. IS RELIGION MERELY A DRUG-LIKE EXPERIENCE?
In other words, our default is to assume that what we perceive to be true is indeed true, unless proven otherwise. There are things that seem real to us at the time, like dreams or hallucinations resulting from drug use, but once they pass we recognize that they never really came true.
45. CAN WE DOUBT TANGIBLE EXPERIENCES?
The problem with this critique is that if we doubt tangible experiences that seem certain to us, and treat them as hallucinations, what can we say is true? Maybe the reality we are experiencing at the moment is also a dream or a hallucination?
44. THE ARGUMENT OF HALLUCINATION
They claim that while the people who have experienced divine revelations believe in their truth, it is possible that these are all hallucinations caused by various reasons.
36. MY CONCLUSION: HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS DIDN’T EVOLVE BY CHANCE
These mysteries and many more illustrate how unlikely it is to see in human consciousness as something that “grew by chance” from matter, as a result of blind evolutionary processes.