(September 5, 2013 at 8:56 pm)ThisGuyAgain67 Wrote: I did think along those lines because during the talk, her main illustration for not understanding why God could not exist was one of her sons being able to survive a near fatal operation.
So...
A traumatic event that turns out OK is a good reason to believe in a god, but a traumatic event that turns out bad is not a good reason to disbelieve?
Got it...
But seriously, I know many atheists, none of them disbelieve because of a traumatic event or rebellion.
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.
