(June 24, 2014 at 11:56 am)Rhythm Wrote: There are probably more lurkers than posters. Consider it an extended cut for the audience.
Exactly!
I've been contacted by several 'lurkers' over the years that have been shown, through debates, that their beliefs were irrational, that they held them for bad reasons.
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.
