(July 6, 2015 at 3:12 pm)pool Wrote:(July 6, 2015 at 3:02 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Coding is not the same as formal logic, as applied to arguments and existentialist claims.
Because if is provable that theism does exist.
Do you know the definition of 'theism'?
Here it is: belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures
Are there not people that believe in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures?
That definition of theism only covers the characteristics of a non-religious god because theism itself is not religion.This definition falls apart because it cannot define all the religious gods.And religion is a subset of theism.
There is no necessity to define all gods in order to understand that people with specified god beliefs fall under the heading of 'theist'.
Theism is a huge category, under which, the belief in many gods fall.
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.
