RE: Ok I admit it
March 6, 2014 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2014 at 5:36 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 6, 2014 at 5:24 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(March 6, 2014 at 5:10 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: The effects of the metaphysical action would be testable.
If theists claim their god answers prayers, they would have some effect from these answered prayers that non-prayers would not have.
1. Like I said, his would you test for it?
2. Again, how do you test?
Depends on what is being prayed for.
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.