(January 15, 2019 at 4:51 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote:(January 15, 2019 at 4:09 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: So, you are theist then.
That doesn't seem how you portrayed yourself when you first joined and started posting.
I'm a person, not a label. I don't know that I portrayed myself under any specific label. I just say what I think. No need to conform to special groups.
I'm not labeling you. I am making a statement about one aspect of your beliefs/knowledge.
Calling you a theist, because you accept the premise that at least one god exists is true, does not label you as a person. It only describes your position on one proposition.
Calling myself an atheist is not a label, it is a position that describes whether or not I am convinced gods exist. I also do not believe that: bigfoot, Loch Ness monster, alien abductions, reptilians running the planet, etc are true, and none of those positions on those claims label me either.
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.