(February 20, 2013 at 9:13 am)SwedishAtheist Wrote: Well, if you absolutely must know, I haven't always been atheist. I have non or very little "skeptical" thinking, and I try to better it by asking you guys how to think in these situations. I have several psychical ilnesses and one of them is little paranoia.
I would highly recommend that you read the book "The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan, or "Why People Believe Weird Things" by Michael Shermer.
These books will give you the critical thinking tools that will enable you to examine outrageous claims like those made in this video with a skeptical mind.
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.
