RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
November 28, 2016 at 2:07 pm
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2016 at 3:03 pm by Simon Moon.)
(November 25, 2016 at 5:52 pm)Balaco Wrote: From what I'm gathering, you guys generally view religion as a product of the mind, an excuse for hope or political power, etc. that ignores logic and bends accordingly.
What are your thoughts on miracles, whether large-scale ones like the events of Fatima, or "personal" miracles like those listed on sites like these, http://www1.cbn.com/700club/episodes/all...ng-stories ....Lies? Coincidences? Exaggerations?
There are many natural explanations that can account for reports of miracles.
What are your thoughts on miracle claims from other religions besides yours? What would it take to convince you that miracles from other religions are legitimate?
For example, Sathya Sai Baba, who 'died' in 2011, but of course, he really didn't die, as he will be reincarnated, right?
Here was a man with several million followers, many of them from Western countries, over 1200 worship centers all over the world, with hundreds of thousands at a time observing 'miracle' demonstrations (including producing objects from nothing, healings, resurrections, clairvoyance, bilocation, and alleged omnipotence and omniscience).
But of course, the unfaithful would say all his miracles were mere deceptions or mass hallucinations, etc. But we all know they are just infidels, right?
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.
