(April 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Doesn't apply to me, but consider, Joseph Smith was SO BAD (how bad was he?) at cobbling together a 'plausible' religion, yet still has millions of adherents today, he casts doubt on all other faiths too.
IOWs, Mormonism gives religion a bad name.
If the question does not apply to you, which god do you believe exists?
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.
