(July 7, 2012 at 6:04 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You're reading him/her too literally Min :p. Put your English as a second language goggles on and you end up with a perfectly usual question from an atheist.
This may be the first time we've ever agreed
. But I think you're right.Reworded, his question may be, "if a god exists, how is he/she/it detectable in our daily life?". This is a valid question to ask theists so the less gullible among us (those of us that require demonstrable evidence & valid logic to support our beliefs) may be able to test to see if said god's existence can be demonstrated.
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.
