(January 21, 2015 at 1:14 am)PreV2 Wrote: Say you were in building in an earthquake zone and a large earthquake struck.
You were buried and in great pain as concrete trapped your legs and arms.
The hours went by and you heard some activity outside.
As days then passed without any rescue would you then decide to pray
to be rescued as a kinda last resort as the pain increased even more?
I've been somewhat similar life and death situations, and not once did I ever feel the need or want to pray or call out to any god.
I contracted an infection in the tropics while on a surf trip. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks. It was touch and go several times. I entered the hospital at 164 lbs, left at 130. I had plenty of time to contemplate my mortality while lying there.
I've also come close to drowning a couple of times.
The thought of praying never entered my mind.
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.
