(April 18, 2014 at 7:56 am)professor Wrote: God made the world with WORDS.
This is one reason why we will give account for every useless word, and by our words we will be justified or by our words we will be condemned.
How is that different than saying, "god swam the universe into existence".
If you appeal to magic, you can explain anything. Works great for those frightening unknowns, huh?

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.