That's a logical fallacy. In logical discourse, the claimant with the initial positive assertion is under the burden of proof. The person who claims some supernatural being speaks to people is under that burden, not I.
Until some form of independently verifiable evidence is presented to support such an assertion, it is logical to dismiss such a notion as fallacious.
Until some form of independently verifiable evidence is presented to support such an assertion, it is logical to dismiss such a notion as fallacious.
That never worked for me. Many people base their faith on personal experiences. Even though these experiences cannot by independently verified, they would be fools to ignore such experiences. For those of us who do not have such experiences, it is a matter of how much we trust the stories that we hear and the people who tell them.
This isn't just religion: Many of our beliefs -- aesthetic, romantic, even political to a certain extent -- are formed just the same way.
It is not foolish of you to reject religious belief, based on your experience. It is foolish of you to reject others’ faith and beliefs on that basis, unless you are going to reject other beliefs, based on unverifiable evidence, such as appreciation of a form of music or romantic love.