(January 2, 2017 at 2:26 pm)AAA Wrote: largely because the scientific community is largely biased toward materialism.
Yes, the scientific community is biased toward things that can be verified, tested, falsified. Not sure why you would think otherwise?
As soon as someone is able to develop a method to demonstrate that the non-material exists, there would be interest in the scientific community.
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.