(October 28, 2021 at 2:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(October 28, 2021 at 2:50 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Of course it is. It’s a proposition that I can either accept as true (believe), or not accept as true (lack belief). Whether or not the belief is rationally justified (i.e. the proposition is a well-established scientific fact) is a separate discussion. So, why do you believe that the earth revolves around the sun?Because it very obviously does. It's such an obvious fact, that most people believe it.
Actually, until somewhat recent history, it was not at all obvious that the earth orbited the sun.
You do know that Galileo Galilei was imprisoned by the Catholic Church in 1633 for demonstrating the Earth orbits the sun, right?
You actually think, that to our ancestors, standing and watching the stars move overhead, and the sun and moon moving across the sky, it looked like it was the Earth that was doing the moving?
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.
