As others have said, like every person on the planet, I was born a non-believer.
It requires being taught to believe in gods, usually using threats of some eternal torture, to become a believer.
I started to reclaim my natural state of non-belief when I began demanding demonstrable evidence, reasoned argument and valid logic to support the claims that gods exist.
It requires being taught to believe in gods, usually using threats of some eternal torture, to become a believer.
I started to reclaim my natural state of non-belief when I began demanding demonstrable evidence, reasoned argument and valid logic to support the claims that gods exist.
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.
