(March 6, 2017 at 1:40 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: It seems rather odd when a proposition like "'God exists' is true" can be considered either true or untrue because it is a belief, whereas its negation, "'God exists' is not true", cannot be either true or untrue because it isn't considered a belief.
But the negation is another proposition.
1. Proposition - gods exists
2. Proposition - gods do not exist
I do not have to take the contrapositive position when responding to the first.
Your proposition is that a god exists. I can simply say, "I do not believe you", without also making the proposition "god does not exist".
It is a logical no-no to respond to 2 prongs of a dilemma simultaneously.
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.
