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Have you ever heard of the Clergy Project? http://www.clergyproject.org/
You may want to check them out.
Oh, how I wish this were true for believers.
In the debates I've been involved in, after refuting one argument after another, they will usually say something like, "You have strengthened my faith". Many times they will thank me for it!
I translate this as meaning, "Using logic and evidence, you have refuted every one of my arguments, yet I will continue to believe anyway for emotional reasons".
Have you ever heard of the Clergy Project? http://www.clergyproject.org/
You may want to check them out.
(March 21, 2013 at 10:34 am)thatwhichisnt Wrote: The foundations of Christianity are akin to the old tale of humpty-dumpty. Not just in historical validity, but spirit as well. One small gust of reason and the shattering would be monumental.
Oh, how I wish this were true for believers.
In the debates I've been involved in, after refuting one argument after another, they will usually say something like, "You have strengthened my faith". Many times they will thank me for it!
I translate this as meaning, "Using logic and evidence, you have refuted every one of my arguments, yet I will continue to believe anyway for emotional reasons".
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.
