(October 1, 2014 at 12:13 pm)Lek Wrote: You're saying that these things are impossible, by the authority of your human understanding and reasoning. We believe in the trinity, but can't logically understand the concept. If we're dealing with God, we're dealing with a being who doesn't always act according to our understanding of how things are supposed to be.
Well...
Isn't that convenient?
Whenever your god runs up against something that defies logic and evidence, you just get to say, "we're dealing with a being who doesn't always act according to our understanding of how things are supposed to be".
Which is just a slightly more sophisticated way of saying "God works in mysterious ways".
Sure, if you make up a magical being that can do anything, you can get him out of logical and evidential dead ends with ease.
Please forgive us if we want a bit more than magic to explain reality.
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.