(June 3, 2016 at 2:39 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(June 3, 2016 at 2:11 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: ...bad philosophical arguments, etc....If they are so bad then why haven't you attempted to demonstrate their flaws. Some atheists love to say that all the proofs of god have been dismissed. Maybe. There are actually some fairly good objection that I take seriously. But I would bet you don't even know what those objections are.
I have. I am pretty familiar with all the objections, and I think they are stronger than the arguments they refute.
Interesting to note, that the majority of professional philosophers are atheists, 72.8%. Of the remainder, 15% are theists.
Do you think those 72.8% understand the arguments and objections?
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.
