RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 15, 2017 at 7:55 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2017 at 7:56 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 15, 2017 at 7:26 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: I would be interested in hearing 4 or 5 of the archaeological refutations or inaccuracies that you are making reference to. Thank you in advance for sharing.
No thanks.
First of all, I am not a geologist. I'm a lowly network engineer.
They've been talked to death. The fact that you might be able to come up with some ad hoc rationalization you get off some apologetic site, in order to explain them away, is meaningless.
Not to mention, that even though the Bible gets some things right, does not negate the fact that it gets many things wrong. And that is the problem.
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.