(August 26, 2013 at 10:59 pm)Godschild Wrote: Hi atheist, I came here to strengthen what I believe and having success in doing so, but man you've gotten of to a rough start 0 for seven.
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In other words, "I understand that I have no evidence based, rational reason to hold my beliefs, but if I continue to hold them anyway it makes my faith feel stronger".
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.
