(November 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: The evidence is all around you. Open your eyes.
Existence is not evidence for a god.
Existence is evidence for existence.
If you want to convince us that existence is evidence for a god, then you have to provide....wait for it....evidence.
Looking at the 'results' and asserting your magic a cause is not evidence. It sure seems like the fallacy of affirming the consequent to me.
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.
