(January 9, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: Logic, logic, logic i'm going to listen to the music not count the notes and discuss the bars and movements. Then I will make my decision if I like what I hear. I understand there is uncertainty inherent in my position but that's why I call it a faith and I can live with that.
This 'logic' that you continually toss off as something so unimportant or meaningless, has lead to every advance (including the computer and internet you are currently using) there is.
The thing that you continue to miss, is that every belief and every argument can be examined for validity using logic. If the argument and belief does not hold up to logic, it is invalid.
If you want to continue to believe it nonetheless, fine. As long as you're happy basing your beliefs on how they make you feel instead of logic and evidence, have at it.
Remember, you came to an atheist forum, asserting that your god exists without supporting your assertions. Then you complain when we call you on it.
But know this, just because you think that logic and evidence are unimportant to discerning reality from fiction, does not make it so.
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.
