(July 18, 2017 at 1:16 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: All we need to accept a "real deal" god is proof. Scientific, verified by multiple sources, proof. Not something out of a ridiculous book of fairy tales or people's "I feel it in my heart" fantasies. We shouldn't need any human to speak for a deity. Surely a creature who is responsible for the creation of billions of galaxies can show up and say "hi". This so-called deity is lumped together with all others in my book until it proves its own existence. If it won't, it either doesn't care whether we know it exists or not, or it doesn't exist.
You missed one.
It is evil, and will punish us for eternity, for not believing it exists based on poor evidence. It rewards gullibility.
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.
