(May 19, 2016 at 4:29 pm)AgnosticMan123 Wrote:(May 19, 2016 at 4:06 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: How could you possibly know such a thing?A good persuader could persuade me.
The vast majority of atheists do not claim to know, with absolute certainty, that gods do not exist.
So, in effect, you want to be persuaded of a certain position, by people that do not hold that position.
Yes, agnosticism and atheism are 2 different things. But that does not mean they are mutually exclusive positions.
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.
