RE: Blind faith and evolution
July 20, 2013 at 10:23 am
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2013 at 10:25 am by Simon Moon.)
(July 19, 2013 at 11:39 pm)christcahinkilla Wrote: i don't see how you have debated my argument, "i don't believe" is a conclusion, the first step to determining scientific truth is to have a hypothesis and the next is to determine whether it is testable. if not then to have a belief or disbelief (conclusion) is called dogmatism.
Belief or disbelief is NOT a conclusion.
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proportion or premise to be true.
One does not have to conclude, with absolute certainty, that a god or gods do not exist in order to disbelieve they do. One only has to not hold the premise that they do exist to be true.
There is zero dogma in not believing the claim that a god exists. For the vast majority of atheists, their atheism is a provisional position that is open to change if they become convinced that a god exists.
It could be argued (and rightly so) that claiming to KNOW, with absolute certainty, that a god does not exist is a dogmatic position. But I don't see anyone taking that position, do you?
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.