(April 13, 2016 at 4:46 pm)SteveII Wrote:(April 13, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Fallacy - Affirming the consequent.
What this premise does, is say there are 2 sets: 1 is the set of everything that begins to exist. The other is the set of everything that does not begin to exist.
So Steve, how many members are in the set of everything that does not begin to exist, and what are they?
zero, 1, or any number.
So...
Are you admitting that there are more than one possible thing in the set of things that did not begin to exist?
I was under the impression, considering the argument you are making, that your god is the only thing that did not begin to exist.
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.