(June 18, 2012 at 11:14 am)elunico13 Wrote: What type of evidence would satisfy you for the existence of the biblical God?
Try to answer the question seriously please.
I realise this wasn't addressed to me but if you'll indulge:
If it's the biblical god we're considering, how about some of the stuff from the mythology? I don't mean water into wine kind of parlour tricks, anyone with a half decent home brew kit can do that. I'm talking about making completely new animals from dirt (then ideally making them talk); taking a bone from my body and turning it into a woman; parting an ocean - a small one will do - so as to leave a causeway between the two walls of water wide enough for a small army to walk on. Heck, what about creating a brand new universe?
It's interesting how the scale of the magic dwindles as the narrative approaches recorded history. First those big budget Cecil B De Mille-type miracles - famines, floods, massacres of millions; then virgin births, expulsion of demons and walking on water. Nowadays all we get is spontaneous remission of illness, lost car keys turning up and burnt toast. I wonder why..?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
