(July 7, 2012 at 1:42 am)Staccato Wrote: - I have the tools necessary to convert theists using valid, existent proof and evidence without resorting to "well if you read Mark 3:12..."
You have way too much optimism on this. Refuting every theist argument is easy, deconverting them is another story.
They have all these 'pillars' (flawed as they are) that support their belief. You will be able to destroy one of them, but they will just shift to another. While you are refuting their next pillar, their mind will be rebuilding the one you just destroyed as if nothing happened.
Remember this, you can't reason someone out of a belief they didn't reason themselves into.
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.
