RE: Arguments against existence of God.
July 11, 2012 at 9:03 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2012 at 9:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 11, 2012 at 8:59 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I understand agnosticism root words comes "without knowledge", but it's common usage is "without belief something is either false or true".
As I said, using colloquial (common) meanings does not help these discussions.
You do understand that people can be agnostic about other claims than the existence of gods, right?
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.