(July 11, 2016 at 1:53 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 11, 2016 at 1:28 pm)Lucifer Wrote:
Yes, but my point is that I don't see any evidence for christianity, which makes it irrational. That is simply my point, and answering it could be as simple as presenting some evidence to me.
You mention the New Testament. What specifically in those books would you present as evidence?
Jesus, miracles, rising from the dead...you know, the core of the NT.
The reason I ask is that to deny the content of the NT is evidence for God, you have to have, at least, good reason to think the writers were mistaken or lying. There is no where near evidence for this especially for someone who already was a Christian and, by definition, did not have a bias against the existence of God. Are you simply dismissing the NT because it contained miracles and you think miracles in general don't happen?
The NT is the claim, not evidence.
Kind of curious why you don't understand that.
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.
