(September 8, 2021 at 2:57 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(September 8, 2021 at 2:52 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Always? Methinks thou dost protest too much. I'd ask for citations except that I know that this, like all your claims, came straight from your ass.In an atheist's mind, rejecting religion and rejecting the idea of God, are the same thing.
This is just not true.
I do not reject the idea of god(s), I just find lack of warrant to accept theist's claims that a god exists.
And rejecting religion, and disbelieving gods exist, are 2 separate things. You are making a category error.
I have a good friend who gave up his religion decades ago, yet he still believes in a god. He is a deist.
And Buddhism, is unquestionably a religion, yet it is atheistic.
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.
