Burden of Proof

[FallentoReason]

The heart is just a pump, it can't know anything.

I know what are saying though.

You believe in god because you have a vague feeling that there must be "something more".

Not much of a reason when you look at it is it.

A niggle can be a powerful thing.

Just as it was a powerful thing to a believer of Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Osiris, Ra, Mithra, Sol Invictus, Ixchel, Horus, Heracles, Thor, Baal, Poseidon, Hades, Isis, Krishna, Mars, Venus, Prometheus and Odin just to name a few.

Why is your warm feeling right and theirs wrong?

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Ah, so your luck allows you to spend eternity in heaven for doing nothing more than believing without evidence, and us unlucky ones get to spend eternity in hell for a finite crime.

What a swell god...

well i don't believe the not believing will be the issue is where the non-believing lead, and I don't believe that just being an athiest on earth would preclude someone from heaven, as for hell and the finite infinite thing yes I see the issue on that but i haven't really explored deeply the upto date theological debate on that but yes that's definately something for looking at. Although as Catholics we have a concept of Purgatory which softens that a little but doesn't fully deal with it.

I've always wanted an infinite stock of pavlova in heaven. Could you please tell the Pope to add that into the Catholic Bible?

As for "softening" the blow... why are you Catholics meddling with God's absolute moral system as if you're running the place (oh wait..). The dirty sinner didn't believe in Jesus therefore it's eternal damnation. Or is there a "warm feeling" telling you that might be a little harsh? Why do you think that is?