RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 6, 2017 at 12:54 am
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2017 at 12:56 am by Whateverist.)
(October 5, 2017 at 6:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Ok, so let's suppose that God really does exist and that He proved His existence to you. He showed up and did exactly whatever was needed to convince you personally that He is real.
Okay, lets pretend that happened. With you so far.
(October 5, 2017 at 6:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: You had a conversation with Him for many many hours, over the course of many days in a row, and He even showed you things... like certain things in the future of humanity so you could see how everything will ultimately fall together. He took you back in time so you could see particular events, including many moments from the life of Jesus. He showed you what the afterlife is like, fully answered every single one of your questions about why He allows certain things to happen, etc, and cleared up all misconceptions and misunderstandings you have had that made you think He was bad.
I've never thought he was bad. Before I stopped thinking it was at all likely he existed, I thought he was great. Of course, that was without the burden of having read the bible and hearing about all the horrible things that understandably bother so many other atheists. Do you suppose he would disavow the bible? (Probably his best move.)
(October 5, 2017 at 6:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Let's say you came away from all that realizing God isn't who you thought He would have been, but is actually completely good. Would you then want to be with Him? Want to follow His ways? Feel remorse for the times in your life when you acted wrongly?
Only one or the other of the two I bolded. If he was as good as I had always thought he was of course I'd want to be with him; and I know he wouldn't want me to follow any rote ways. He'd want me to go on owning my actions and being true to my own ways. But if he really wanted compliance above all else, I at least would not judge him as "totally good". If, rather than cultivating my own judgement, he really wanted me to choose my actions with a will to conforming to his expectations, then I couldn't help but think less of him. But I'm sure we could work something out; maybe I could help him with this.
(October 5, 2017 at 6:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: ...Or would you feel angry and continue on hating the idea of God (even after learning He actually is good), hating the idea of having to "answer" to a higher being, etc?
I'm not angry and don't hate the idea of god, at least not my idea of god. The world would be a better place if my idea of god were to announce itself, but a far far worse place if god turned out to be petty and underestimated our potential so badly.
