(July 3, 2012 at 2:34 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: Can anyone give me a good case against the existence of God that can stand up to scrutiny?
Ahh... the Fallacies are strong with this one...
If we were playing a drinking game where we took a shot every time Jeffonthenet was guilty of a fallacy, we'd all be in the hospital being treated for alcohol poising.
Quote:such as the Kalaam Cosmological argument and the Moral Argument (from the existence of objective moral values to God) it would not follow that there is no God
Kalam and the Moral Argument are very weak. They (and all the other philosophical arguments for the existence of god, for that matter) contain at least one fallacy that invalidates them.
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.
