Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?

[Alex K]

I'm a tad confused here with the terminology. Help me out. Ok, this is where I stand, what would I be categorized as?

I do not believe in a god of any sort. However, if a god or the God suddenly appeared before me (or I had enough compelling physical and factual evidence of a god) I would likely begin believing in that god. (i.e. I'm walking down the street. I think to myself "there is no God"...and all of a sudden Jesus drops down from heaven and begins talking to me. I would likely submit and dare not to challenge his authroity unless I was not totally convinced in some way.)

So is that just being a normal atheist?? Or being completely drunk? Or both?

Sure, that's atheism. I mean, if tomorrow, some godlike figure appeared from the clouds and performed a flashy supernatural magic show with Trumpets and Fireworks and all that, I wouldn't simply jump to the conclusion that it must be El Yahweh, omniscient Christian creator God of the whole universe, because frankly, that's an incoherent notion anyways and seems rather unlikely if you haven't been indoctrinated into that particular faith among the thousands mankind has come up with; But I certainly wouldn't deny that *something* weird is going on. Most Atheists aren't Hollywood straw atheists or straw Vulcans. Whether the phenomenon deserves the name God is not simple to answer, however, because the God concept lacks a clear and unique definition and testability.