RE: How to convert Christians to atheists in 30 seconds (ironically, using bible)
December 6, 2016 at 1:41 pm
(December 6, 2016 at 1:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 6, 2016 at 1:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: But never tested, because they can't be.
That is correct.
Though I also can't "test" a lot of other things that I believe to be true. Such as the fact that my husband loves me.
Sure you can test that your husband loves you. Not to an absolute certainty, but very close.
All you have to do is have an internal model of how someone that loves you would behave, talk, act, etc. Then compare your husband's language and actions to your model.
If he checks off most of the boxes, you can be very sure he loves you. There's your test. The claim that your husband loves you is not in the least bit extraordinary, so the above would be a pretty reliable test.
When I run even a simple test like this against your god, he does not check off any of the boxes. Let alone any of the boxes that would be required for the extraordinary claim of a the existence of a 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.
