(September 13, 2012 at 4:27 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: There was some straw-man but I get the gist of the message and I agree.
I think God and his glory is to be known through vision of the soul and will power is involved in that.
And I think relying on an argument would take that spiritual element away from knowing God.
Define the following terms:
God
Soul
Vision of the soul
Spiritual element
Make sure your definitions are coherent, in that they are; complete, not self contradictory, do not contradict reality, are based on something besides your feelings that they must be true.
Why would a god insist that his/her/its existence could not be supported by reasoned argument? Why the need for 'spiritual vision'?
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.
