What sort of evil god would handicap each succeeding generation with more and more knowledge that points to its nonexistence than in previous times?
Seriously...
God certainly used to be everywhere, in all the good and the bad. He was responsible for disease, earthquakes, famines, floods, storms, etc. And also in bumper crops, great weather, in peace, in health. It was easy to believe in a god that was so obviously responsible for all that.
Each time some phenomena that was previously explained by 'God did it' becomes explainable via natural processes, we become more and more handicapped.
How is it not evil that God would select some to be chosen to be thick, & others to be cursed with a skeptic brain? isn't this the epitome of preselected discrimination?
Seriously...
God certainly used to be everywhere, in all the good and the bad. He was responsible for disease, earthquakes, famines, floods, storms, etc. And also in bumper crops, great weather, in peace, in health. It was easy to believe in a god that was so obviously responsible for all that.
Each time some phenomena that was previously explained by 'God did it' becomes explainable via natural processes, we become more and more handicapped.
How is it not evil that God would select some to be chosen to be thick, & others to be cursed with a skeptic brain? isn't this the epitome of preselected discrimination?
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.
