Question?

[J a c k]

So where's Pete?
I'm here like a little chihuahua barking ferociously at this topic. I like it. I might chill here.

[brewer]

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!  Thank you to everyone in the forum for your insightful contributions, I am always challenged intellectually with much of what I read here.   I have a quick question for my non theist compadres:  

If you discovered personally acceptable truth (whatever that may be for you) that the Christian God revealed in the bible was authentic, would you choose to serve and worship him?  If yes, why?  If no, feel free to elaborate as to why as well.  

I observe there are many former Christians and very knowledgable people here on the content of the bible, I look forward to hearing your responses.  

Again, I really do hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

I'm gonna take a different slant. Maybe I need you to define "acceptable truth".

I do find that there are "acceptable truth"s in the bible. Examples, don't lie, don't kill, don't steal, be excellent to each other (sorry-Bill and Ted)..................

But these are truths "revealed" (more accurately is "written about") by man, not a god. All gods are a fantasy created by man. The bible is the fantasy story written by man about a particular god. I not going to worship a fantasy.

I find acceptable truths in the Silmarillion but I'm not going to worship Eru Ilúvatar.

[c172]

What's in it for me? I like myself. a lot. I'm always looking out for my own best interest.

As a kid, I always thought hell was supposed to be the most painful, smelliest, nauseating and otherwise uncomfy experience. I'm one who is a wimp around smakes, bees, jellies, and excrement. And I hate food poisoning. If hell was all of that, I'd be moving to Texas and personally attending services at Joel O'Steen's church. 

But in adulthood, I have heard all different ideas of what hell is. Sometimes just a displacement from God that I apparently wouldn't even notice. Sounds A-OK to me!

Yes, God and his son Jesus are jerks. I'm happy to know they don't exist.

[The Grand Nudger]

Fraid not bud.  Existence isn't really the issue.  Plenty of things exist that I don't worship, your god would just be another one of those things.

[Little lunch]

If god was real I would worship him.
No sense in being on the losing team.
It'd take a lot to convince me though.
Something like a special set of gloves, a special hammer and a list of all the people who are demons and not even real people after all.
I feel quite sure that if god was real he'd want me to do his special jobs.

[Losty]

No amount of certainty would ever make me worship a God of the Christian bible. It would be pointless for me to pretend I didn't find him repulsive because he would know I was lying.

[PETE_ROSE]

I'm still here! Got a little busy at work tonight. Cannot help but notice some are getting hung up dissecting my question about what is truth and such. I attempted to remove all ambiguity and pose the question flatly. I often see reasoning to the effect that many dismiss Christianity due to lack of evidence. I'm questioning who would follow and worship Christ if they knew Christianity and what it purports to be true.

[Losty]

I'm still here!  Got a little busy at work tonight.  Cannot help but notice some are getting hung up dissecting my question about what is truth and such.  I attempted to remove all ambiguity and pose the question flatly.   I often see reasoning to the effect that many dismiss Christianity due to lack of evidence.   I'm questioning who would follow and worship Christ if they knew Christianity and what it purports to be true.

Someone who has never read the bible in its entirety and/or is morally lacking I presume

[J a c k]

This ^^^

[vorlon13]

Jesus, how the fuck could the god of the bible be proven ??

Proving 3 = turquoise would be easier.