RE: I am a theist, what do you think of my proof for God existing?
November 11, 2016 at 5:13 pm
(November 11, 2016 at 4:44 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: Again I ask, where is the proof?
Well, that is the bottom line.
Philosophical arguments, like the OP's version of the cosmological argument, can never prove the existential reality of what they are trying to prove.
The OP fails to understand why you can't 'logic something into existence'.
Arguments like the one in the OP only exist to fool the believer into thinking that they have rational reasons for their 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.
