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Something that I couldn't rationalise or measure wouldn't freak me out but I wouldn't feel the need to invent some idea about God, or a mystical power to fill the void in my understanding. I'm quite happy to except that certain things can't be explained yet, or possibly ever, but I don't see...

No, why?

No I wouldn't. But if you used it as an argument for the existence of God in a discussion with anyone else then I think I would be within my rights to explain why I thought your reasoning was flawed.

For example if you had a near death experience where you saw light at the end of a tunnel I wouldn't say that you were making it up but if you concluded that it was a reason to believe in God then I'd disagree with you.

I meant just after they're washed. Obviously they have a consciousness after a few weeks of wear!! In terms of the likelihood of either the Sun or my socks have a consciousness, no I don't see a big difference.

I haven't read all of this thread so I'm not sure if you've stated what your personal experiences are. But if something strange or unexplainable (is that a word?) has happened to you and as a result you have invented an explanation with no sound logical basis then I would say that your...

That's the equivalent of me claiming my socks have consciousness. You can't disprove it but you can prove that there is absolutely no evidence to support such a claim.

Are you presenting this as evidence of something?

This is spot on. History is full of people filling voids in our knowledge with superstition, ghosts, UFOs, gods etc. And to repeat the most important point "the fact that we do not have a full explanation yet for something (anything) is not evidence in favour of the supernatural/higher...