RE: Ask a Catholic
May 20, 2015 at 6:48 pm
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2015 at 6:49 pm by Simon Moon.)
(May 20, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:Quote:If only you had demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument to support that claim.
And no, the Bible is not evidence, it is the claim.
It would make things easier for me, but then how would you get your jollies mocking Christians if we did?
First of all, I don't mock Christians. I mock ridiculous unsupported faith based beliefs.
Listen, the only thing preventing me from believing that a god exists is demonstrable evidence, reasoned argument and valid/sound logic to support the claim that one does exist.
Without meeting the above criteria, what justification do I have to believe?
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.
