(September 20, 2014 at 10:35 am)C4RM5 Wrote: By saying I am skeptical, I mean I naturally question things.
Obviously you don't even do that.
If you did, it wouldn't have taken an atheist forum to tell you that the Gospels were written by unknown authors and were not first hand accounts.
If you questioned things, you would have already done that, and a lot more questioning about your own religion.
But, like most theists, you believe because you want to, for reasons other than skepticism.
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.
