(January 9, 2013 at 1:31 pm)Zone Wrote: There is nothing in atheism that would rule out something like a God or something like an afterlife it's just not ruling specifically anything in unless there is evidence for it. Unless you're talking about scientific naturalism which is a kind of belief some atheists have.
You're wasting your time.
Mark does not value evidence or reasoned argument to support his beliefs.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
