(July 27, 2016 at 1:10 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote:(July 26, 2016 at 9:42 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: 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!
Quid pro quo, I'll answer yours if you answer mine:
Would you remain a Christian if you woke up one day and literally all other humans on earth stopped believing in Christianity? Churches were shutting down, preachers with no professional skills started working at McDonald's, etc. Just you in the faith. Will you continue?
My faith is not based on what any person walking this planet believes in or doesn't. I dislike most churches and organized religion and wouldn't mind seeing many close their doors.
However, in the spirit of what I think the intent of the question is and what others have posed, if I saw irrefutable evidence such as Odin's return for the final battle would I cast aside Christianity and grind my axes, yes.
But it would have to be irrefutable tangible proof that deeply satisfied me. Not the common I found a contradiction with science and the bible, therefore I can summarily discount Christianity. These instances are always an opinion. I would add there are very smart people that have examined the same science and come to a different conclusion.