(October 1, 2014 at 1:47 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Done. So how long do I wait until I start feeling all Christy and the heavens open up to reveal a bright light and a deep-pitched voice?
Nope.
Doesn't work that way. You either:
1. Were not sincere enough
2. Did not wait long enough
3. There were signs, but you were not able, or unwilling to detect them (not sure why Yahweh is so subtle with his signs?)
Christians will always have an excuse for why it didn't work.
To me, it just sounds like you weren't gullible enough.
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.
