RE: Atheists: If God suddenly made his presence known... would you shit bricks?
November 16, 2010 at 9:58 am
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2010 at 10:06 am by Anomalocaris.)
Define god.
Let me proceed with a generic definition of a entity that, when his existence is made known, would be perceived by large fractions of human population as fitting the practical working definition of a god in their respective cultures. if such a god were to suddenly make his existence known, that still doesn't say much about his goals, motivations, descernments and capabilities. A priori, there is no reason to childishly anthropomorphize an entity so significantly different from us and attribute to him what are fundamentally human behavioral traits, such as social expectation, amger, pleasure, good intent, malice, jeolousy, etc, that are rooted in the homo's particular social and evolutionary history. So initially there would be neither any justification to fear this god, nor think that exhibition of fear could do any good.
So my first reaction is to learn more about this god, particularly about aspects of him that are apparently not being intentionally exhibited or communicated to us.
Let me proceed with a generic definition of a entity that, when his existence is made known, would be perceived by large fractions of human population as fitting the practical working definition of a god in their respective cultures. if such a god were to suddenly make his existence known, that still doesn't say much about his goals, motivations, descernments and capabilities. A priori, there is no reason to childishly anthropomorphize an entity so significantly different from us and attribute to him what are fundamentally human behavioral traits, such as social expectation, amger, pleasure, good intent, malice, jeolousy, etc, that are rooted in the homo's particular social and evolutionary history. So initially there would be neither any justification to fear this god, nor think that exhibition of fear could do any good.
So my first reaction is to learn more about this god, particularly about aspects of him that are apparently not being intentionally exhibited or communicated to us.
