(April 2, 2018 at 4:05 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(April 2, 2018 at 4:02 pm)Astreja Wrote: Doubt is power, because it allows for growth. Certainty is a dead end.
if doubt is need to test certainty, certainty will have to grow.
To settle for doubt and ignorance... I don't see merit in that.
I don't see, has never been proof of a proof not being true.
Mere denial of evidence never been proof evidence should not be convincing.
Who is saying that we are settling for doubt an ignorance?
The next step, is to find the real answer.
Your position is much more ignorant. You are the one claiming to know, that a god exists. You are the one that has stopped looking for answers.
When have you ever presented demonstrable and falsifiable evidence, and reasoned argument to support your claims?
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.
