RE: Why You Should Be Atheist
October 11, 2013 at 6:38 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2013 at 6:44 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 11, 2013 at 5:59 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: 1. You fail to make an important distinction between the existence of God and the existence of organized religion. Given all your critiques of religion, a deity of some sort could still exist.
Something we can actually agree on.
So, Vinny....
I believe you've been asked the following questions several times and I've yet to see you answer.
What do you believe?
If you hold that the premise that a god exists to be true;
1. define the god you believe exists
2. explain why you believe it
3. provide demonstrable evidence that supports your belief
4. explain why we should believe it
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.
