(October 11, 2014 at 5:49 pm)genkaus Wrote:(October 11, 2014 at 5:34 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Is it me, or are most of these arguments the same ones that we use nowadays?
Ofcourse they are the same. The arguments for god haven't changed for centuries. So, it stands to reason that the counter-arguments haven't changed either.
Exactly.
An argument will gain favor among apologists and theists for a while, then it will be refuted by stronger arguments, fade into disuse, then be resurrected. Usually with some extra bits added on, as with Craig's version of the Cosmological Argument. Or Plantinga's Modal Ontological argument.
They are nothing more than professional turd polishers.
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.
