(April 6, 2014 at 8:03 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You don't seem to want to accept that there could be actual reason for theists to believe in God. That's incorrect.
I think most atheists agree that theists have reasons to believe in their god or gods. Just not good reasons.
People believe things for good reasons and bad reasons. Good reasons don't involve faith.
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.
