I can't believe it took me so long, but I just remembered Selliedjoup used to post on ravingatheists.com.
Go search some of his 'enlightening' posts over there.
He was slapped around over there just as badly as here.
Go search some of his 'enlightening' posts over there.
He was slapped around over there just as badly as here.
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.