(October 22, 2013 at 2:29 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote:(October 22, 2013 at 2:23 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Why not?
A good one to start with is to ask whether he exists and see if you experience anything in response. It may depend on how open you are to the response though or whether you were praying with serious intent.
So, in other words, I have to believe first in order to believe.
Sounds like gullibility to me.
How is that any different than all the other religions that claim their god will communicate in subtle ways with them if they are open.
Why would God create me with a mind that is unable to believe things without being presented with evidence, then fail to give me the evidence that would convince me?
Quote:God will be happy to convince you but you have to be a willing participant, he's like a shy lover he won't force himself upon if you're not really that into him.
Not according to the way he behaved in his texts.
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.
