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Poll: Is there any aspect/type of god you as an atheist would be happy to discover existed?
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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.
(September 1, 2017 at 12:11 am)energizer bunny Wrote:
(August 31, 2017 at 11:19 pm)J a c k Wrote: What's a god good for then? 

Is this what you would think a god would be good for? To intervene every time something goes wrong with life? Your existence is not enough?

I'm currently dealing with someone who is suffering. If a god existed i would never blame him/her/it for their suffering. Their existence is a great blessing despite the pain they're enduring. I would feel it would be irresponsible of me to start looking for someone to blame for everything that goes wrong in this world.

Yes. A god would be good for that. If a god existed, no, an existence full of suffering would not be enough. If a god existed, I most certainly would point my finger at it. I deal with people suffering every day. It's my job. Lol funny. I help people for a living. I help them find shelter. I help feed them. I help them catch their abusers. I no longer do the counseling part (because I have suffered myself and it's hard), but I make sure they get the counseling they need. I hope I can help their existence be a tiny bit smoother. I'm just human, though. If I had powers, and I did shit about it, I'd expect fingers pointed at me.

I hang out with nerds too much, so: "With great power comes great responsibility."

But if people wanna worship for free, that's on them. Lol I'll just agree to disagree, too.
"Hipster is what happens when young hot people do what old ladies do." -Exian
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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 J a c k - September 1, 2017 at 12:26 am

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