RE: Why are you a Theist?
April 2, 2013 at 2:27 pm
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2013 at 2:27 pm by Simon Moon.)
(April 2, 2013 at 12:19 pm)jstrodel Wrote: What if there was a way to reconcile the beliefs together some other way. For instance, there are angels and demons that have certain spiritual characteristics that reveal some things to people, and people interact with these spirits which are controlled by spiritual laws that interact with people.
That's a nice ad hoc, 'just so' story you have there. Got any REAL evidence to support it?
Quote:The Christian faith can explain religious experience in other faiths, those faiths increase the explanatory power of Christianity, not decrease it.
Interesting...
I've heard Muslims make the exact same claim. And they seem to have the same amount of evidence that you have.
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.
