(July 5, 2012 at 8:35 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: How about this argument, which is not a knock out one (not conclusive):
Morality is inspiring with God.
Morality is not inspiring without God.
We are inspired by morality whether we acknowledge God or not.
Therefore God exists.
Not only is it not a knockout, it doesn't even lace up it's boxing gloves. It's loaded with fallacies.
Premise 1 begs the question and assumes the conclusion.
Premise 2 More question begging.
Premise 3 more question begging.
The conclusion does not follow from the premises.
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.
