RE: Stump the Christian?
June 12, 2015 at 9:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2015 at 9:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
Quote:Where are all the professors who study the questions of God's existence?
In the largest survey ever done, by David Bourget and David Chalmers, the majority of philosophers are atheists.
72.8% atheists, 14.6% theists, the rest are 'other'.
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.
