(September 13, 2014 at 5:39 pm)psychoslice Wrote: That maybe so, but why even argue about something that is not true, just to prove you are right, that is if the person doesn't come to you first and throws their belief of god onto you.
Prove I'm right about what?
I am not making any claims that need to be supported. I take the position that the claim (the existence of a god) has not met its burden of proof. Therefore there is no justification to believe it is true.
I do not make the claim, with absolute certainty, that a god does not exist.
A defendant in a court of law does not have to prove they are innocent, only that they are not guilty.
I argue about it because there are real world, very negative consequences for theistic belief. I also happen to like to debate.
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.
