I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god.

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Poll: Is there any aspect/type of god you as an atheist would be happy to discover existed? This poll is closed.
The biblical god in all his tyrannical, OT bad-assedness.	6.67%	1	6.67%
Just the loving hippy of the NT.	0%	0	0%
One that is concerned with human conduct and hands out eternal bliss or torture in a life-exit interview.	6.67%	1	6.67%
One that listens to 'prayers' or reads your mind and chooses life events with your development in mind; the 'world' for this sort of god is a kind of theater with no independent or necessary existence.	0%	0	0%
An all-powerful one that created everything from nothing just the way it is on purpose but has covered his tracks to make natural causes more plausible.	6.67%	1	6.67%
Not all-powerful, one possessed of some creative powers but not limitless, creating some forms but all from pre-existing substrata, not from 'nothing'.	26.67%	4	26.67%
One that is drastically older (approaching eternality?) and has seen it all but relates to you-as-consciousness as a kind of benevolent big brother and values your companionship without judgements or need for your worship.	53.33%	8	53.33%
Total		15 vote(s)	100%

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I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god.

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god.

August 30, 2017 at 4:34 pm

(August 30, 2017 at 10:37 am)Whateverist Wrote: If I found out my dogs were gods I'd go right on adoring and worshipping them all the same.

This reminds me of an old joke.

Dog - "humans provide me with food, shelter, love. They must be gods".

Cat - "humans provide me with food, shelter, love. I must be a god".

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.

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I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 28, 2017 at 2:48 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Catholic_Lady - August 28, 2017 at 6:25 pm

RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Simon Moon - August 28, 2017 at 7:25 pm

RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Catholic_Lady - August 28, 2017 at 8:48 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 28, 2017 at 2:58 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by The Industrial Atheist - August 28, 2017 at 5:27 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 29, 2017 at 9:21 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Astonished - August 30, 2017 at 9:38 am

RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 30, 2017 at 10:37 am

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 30, 2017 at 4:01 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Cyberman - August 31, 2017 at 5:49 am

RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 31, 2017 at 10:29 am

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Cyberman - August 30, 2017 at 5:28 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2017 at 11:36 am

RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 31, 2017 at 1:22 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 31, 2017 at 3:35 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 31, 2017 at 3:42 pm

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RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Whateverist - August 31, 2017 at 7:03 pm

RE: I'd like to ask my fellow atheists if they would be happy to learn there was a god. - by Edwardo Piet - September 3, 2017 at 9:01 am

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