(May 30, 2013 at 5:07 pm)ideologue08 Wrote: Sometimes the position itself does require justification, a small example would be that many people believe- based upon historical/anecdotal evidence- that Jesus Christ performed miracles, or Paul saw Christ in the road etc. Now, denying this, there will obviously need to be some sort of justification.
Those are not examples historical evidence, nor are they examples of anecdotal evidence.
To deny either of your examples requires no more justification than to justify disbelief that the god Indra battled Vitra as recorded in the Vedas.
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.
