RE: Simple question for Christians.
July 16, 2015 at 5:39 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2015 at 5:47 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm)lkingpinl Wrote:(July 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: Yes, apologists are prepared to give an answer, no matter how ridiculous they might be.
Beliefs may or may not be congruent with reality. There is no honor in "believing". You either want to know what is real or you don't.
I fully agree with your statements. Belief and faith must be based on evidence of reality. My belief is evidence based.
Please open another thread and provide your evidence.
As an open minded person, I am always looking for evidence, and if it is compelling, (demonstrable, verifiable, repeatable and falsifiable), I am willing to alter my views.
But if your evidence is: the Bible, personal experience, Josephus, Pliny, Tacitus, etc or any of the philosophical arguments for the existence of a god (Kalam, ontological, teleological, TAG, Anselm, etc), please spare us.
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.
