RE: A good case against God
July 5, 2012 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2012 at 12:38 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 5, 2012 at 11:30 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: The both believed in God. Again it suggests that God is not the same as these fables.
It may not be the same in regards to the details of the beliefs, but the fact that neither has any demonstrable evidence nor reasoned argument to support them make them pretty much the same.
I'm pretty sure there were some brilliant people that lived in Greece in the 4the century BCE that believed in the existence of Zeus and Athena.
(July 5, 2012 at 11:30 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: People keep saying God is just like a children's fable and this is the reason they believe he doesn't exist without evidence or argument. However, I think I could make the same argument about roman mythology today.
Einstein in 1954 - "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this"
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.
