(November 2, 2021 at 1:53 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Skepticism is doubt, not disbelief.
edit: actually ancient Greek skepticism is disbelief, so that's not completely right.
I was thinking of skepticism as more of a process, than a conclusion.
As in, the process that leads to disbelief, if the demonstrable and falsifiable evidence, and valid and sound logic does not support the claim.
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.
