(May 30, 2016 at 12:55 pm)purplepurpose Wrote:(May 30, 2016 at 12:26 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Atheists don't wish for this stuff, we just don't think there is a god.
Do you ever get doubts like "what if there is a God?"
Even if there is a god or gods, there is no possible means to know what, or even if, said god(s) would punish nonbelievers.
The probability that a god(s) exists is vanishingly low, add to that the probability that said god(s), if they did exist, would be of the sort that would punish disbelief, is even lower.
When I did believe in the Abrahamic god, I spent zero time worrying about the punishment from all the other gods I did not believe exist. Why should I worry about punishment from the Abrahamic god?
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.
