(July 14, 2012 at 9:09 am)Napoleon Wrote: I guess it's just that when you debate with theists all the time it's easy to forget that many of them may be new to arguments you think are so old, tired and frankly obvious.
I haven't got the same buzz I used to get when debating like when I first joined here if I'm honest. Mainly due to the fact that it just seems a pointless endeavour, and the people you argue against never offer anything new. You find yourself talking about the same old shit as well.
I'm gonna try and take a break from giving a shit if I can for a while. I doubt I will be able to resist though.
The way I look at it, the debates aren't just for the theist being debated. It is for those lurking, or sitting on the sidelines that still have a sliver of their mind still open to critical thinking.
I used to debate quite a bit on atheist vids on YT. I have several PM's in my inbox, from people that hardly ever contributed to the debate, thanking me (and several other atheists) for helping them deconvert.
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.
