RE: Prove god exists.
March 6, 2015 at 7:34 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 7:35 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 6, 2015 at 5:29 pm)tfree Wrote: Well firstly I don't believe that an infinitely just and loving God would send people to hell for not believing in the right religion.
So then, what happens to us non-believers, in your view?
Quote:It doesn't make sense. He would surely be more likely to reward people at least in a way for following their sense of logic and reason.
So, since my use of correctly applied logic and reason lead me to the conclusion that there is insufficient evidence to support the belief in a god, I will get rewarded?
Nice!
Quote:(About the right/wrong religion thing, in my opinion all the great religions are true in a relative sense, and agree on the most fundamental teachings regarding how one should behave: be kind, generous, love people as you would like to be loved, etc, the only differences between them are in the social teachings which are specialised for the time/place in which the religions appeared.)
There is nothing in the most fundamental teachings you list that humanity can't, and hasn't, arrive at on our own. No need for any religion. It is secular society that is responsible for dragging religions kicking and screaming into modernity.
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.