(August 12, 2014 at 4:01 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Sorry, but no. And as asking to see the supernatural often causes one to see the supernatural, it isn't a reliable method.
And there is the crux of the problem.
Dritch will never admit that he could be wrong.
Never admit that he may be a victim of his own confirmation bias.
Never admit that people of other religions use the same method, and coincidentally, they find their gods.
Never admit that many of us may have tried his method, sincerely and for years, and failed to find anything.
Never understand that there is no way of testing the reliability of his method.
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.
