(March 22, 2013 at 6:39 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: (wow, I just compared God to a junkyard dog and a loaded gun...)
Yeah, pretty weird.
A junkyard dog and a gun can be proven to exist. The other is most likely imaginary.
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.