(September 16, 2014 at 9:35 am)sswhateverlove Wrote: In all honesty, this thread was about trying to get you all to share with me about what in science sways your opinion. I want to know about your perspectives on consciousness and the nature of existence. If you're not totally convinced (as I've been assured over and over is a strawman assumption) please share with me, what are you thoughts on the science of consciousness, astrophysics, quantum physics, epigenetics? Do you find it as fascinating as I do? What does it make you think about the nature of reality?
I shared. Now it's your turn.
What has swayed me in the sciences of consciousness, astrophysics, quantum physics, epigenetics is that none of these fields have uncovered any evidence that would point to the existence of a deity (higher power, God, gods, etc). And therefore, I have no justification to believe one exists.
All the stuff you have brought up, while interesting to conjecture, is nothing more than that, conjecture. Until there is some demonstrable evidence to back it up, what is the justification to believe it is true?
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.
