(April 16, 2013 at 5:16 pm)median Wrote: MAIN CONTENTION:
P1 - If Yahweh exists he desires that we know X
P2 - If Yahweh exists he has the power for us to know X
P3 - If Yahweh exists, given 1&2, we should know X
P4 - We do not know X
And to make it worse, he continually handicaps each succeeding generation more and more.
Every generation, more and more things once attributed to Yahweh are being explained via natural mechanisms.
He refuses to revisit the Earth as he did many times in the past. He lets his 'word' transmitted orally for decades, or centuries with regards to the OT, which he should have known would cause mistakes. Then He has his 'word' written in ancient languages, which he should have known would be susceptible to mistranslations.
He knows where to find me, he knows what it would take to convince me of his existence.
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.
