(March 8, 2009 at 8:44 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Well we could both say that couldn't we? I state my position as 'changeable', because I don't assume to be stuck with my standpoint. I want to have an open mind, and be totally open to changing my mind.
It's also easy for me to look at non-theists with strong if not evangelical zeal for their ideas and think this person may not be open to other ideas.
Yet the fact is that if you presented me with reasonable evidence for the existence of deity I would believe it existed. Why on Earth wouldn't I?
I would argue that we (atheists) tend to be open minded but, as Dawkins says, you can be so open-minded your brains drop out ... when you consider scientific method in the context of it being a method to eliminate flawed reasoning and that it (as a philosophy) is willing to consider any relevant evidence in an open-ended fashion it actually represents the ultimate in open-mindedness.
Kyu
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