(June 27, 2018 at 9:11 am)SteveII Wrote: Your last paragraph is nothing but assertions (defined as a claim without evidence). You can't possibly know what other people experience or don't experience.
The plural of "anecdote" does not become evidence.
And again, how much special pleading can you possibly be guilty of?
You would never accept, as being evidence, Hindus or Muslims reporting experiences that they claim are their god. Nor would you accept the claims of other religious texts, the amount of time other religions have existed, or any other of the same sorts of evidence you offer for the truth of your religion.
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.
