(July 17, 2012 at 8:42 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: The main message is there is no knock out argument to prove:
1) I don't know God exists.
or
2) I do know God exists.
No one knows if a god exists. People CLAIM to know a god exists.
Quote:Both make rational sense as logical possibilities.
The claim that one knows that a god exists is not based on logic.
Quote:So it's a matter of choice.
1 takes patience
2 takes courage
No, it's a matter of intellectual honesty.
Why does choice 2 take courage?
Quote:Neither can be proven by rational arguments.
Oh, bloody hell! Not this again...
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.
