(August 29, 2019 at 3:18 pm)Lek Wrote:(August 29, 2019 at 2:06 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Faith has always struck me as a pretty unreliable path to knowledge.
Boru
Yeah. That's one reason you're an atheist.
So please, demonstrate that faith is a reliable path to knowledge.
I've been asking theists this one, seeming straight forward question for decades, and not one had been able to answer. Including some pretty well known apologists.
Just as a reminder, 1.8 billion Muslims, 2.2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Hindus, 500 million Buddhists, etc, etc, all use faith to get to their religious beliefs. And we know they can't all be right, but they could all be wrong.
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.
