(July 18, 2013 at 8:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(July 18, 2013 at 6:59 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Another bare assertion
What can be said without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Are you purposely trying to peg the irony meter?
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.