(August 9, 2015 at 8:07 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote:(August 9, 2015 at 7:52 pm)Shuffle Wrote: I asked the question to get into the psyche of the most deluded people in the world. Admittedly, it is a pretty terrifying place.
Not nearly as horrifying as the promise of spending the rest of eternity with a grown up version of Anthony Fremont.
I can't believe I never thought of this, Anthony Fremont, analogy!
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.
