(October 13, 2015 at 9:42 pm)JBrentonK Wrote:(October 13, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: An easy way to convert us all, is to prove there is a god.
Atheism is not a dogmatic position.
If you were actually reading all the responses to your posts, you would notice a pretty common theme. And that is, that we are atheists because we are unconvinced by the arguments put forth by theists that a god exists.
If we were convinced, then we wouldn't be atheists.
I get the impression that you do not understand how basic logic and critical thinking work.
I get the impression that you don't understand the meaning of my opening post. You must make a choice to believe in God simon moon. You ask that question to anyone in the world and you will discover that it is quite simply true.
And abundantly obvious. But simple minded atheists would never understand it.
And a christian would never- and I do mean ever- stoop so low as to prove to you that there is a God.
And as we have all tried to explain to you, belief is not a choice. It is the result of being convinced of a premise.
I can not choose to believe something that I am not convinced of.
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.
