And, of course, there MUST be a category of being agnostic - not just in relation to the existence of a deity, but in relation to a broad category of beliefs. A Buddhist has undergone a long training program with disciplined practice. This leads to experiences and understandings. Iambiguous cannot evaluate how that expertise and different experiences might warrent conclusions in that discussion. But he can admit that there may well be a demonstration.
In his world there is ‘in your mind’
or
that which can be demonstrated to all rational people.
That is binary, as we’ve pointed out. We are now adding that particular experiences and expertise may mean that some can be demonstrated to and others cannot. And then one MUST also recognize that others my have strong rational justification for believing things that they cannot demonstrate to some or many or even all other people.
This does not mean that Iamb must accept their testimony. Not at all. He can remain skeptical and agnostic.
But over and over he presents it precisely as you have pointed out as either
prove it to me and all other rational people
or
it is in your mind only (to give you comfort).
Which leads to him telling people it is all in their minds (and then adding in his faux proviso that it might be true for all we know).
And so he tries to spread his own problems of not wanting to do anything to learn to others. To spread his binary thinking.
That’s why anytime someone challenges his statements he immediately demands that the other person demonstrate the opposite. Which is binary. If I am wrong you must be able to demonstrate to me the opposite is true. That is demonstrably illogical.
And it also allows him to never have to justify his dismissals of other people and their beliefs or his mind reading (it is a contraption to comfort you).
He is immaculate in his schema.
And when really pressed he defends all this malarchy with
people know what I am like unless they are new.
IOW i don’t have to be respectful or make sense, cause people know i am not these things.
Well, then. He knows what we are like. He can ignore us also if he wants.