(July 31, 2012 at 5:34 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: Here's a couple responses, not necessarily consistent with each other:
1) The difference is that God exists in our world.
2) The world you describe isn't possible, since God necessarily exists in all possible worlds.
1) There's no demonstrable evidence or reasoned argument to support this assertion.
2) The Ontological argument? Really?
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.
