(July 5, 2012 at 10:09 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote:(July 5, 2012 at 4:28 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Well I don't know if I would stop believing God (change my views), perhaps I would, perhaps I wouldn't.
I mean all my actions would assume he exists. I would act as if there is a higher purpose to life. I would act if morality as ultimate authority, and is metaphysical. See my post before where I elaborated.
Even if the evidence is strong enough to be conclusive, I wouldn't say God doesn't exist for sure, but have hope he exists and act as if he does.
It's a similar reason as to why I would ignore evidence that free-will is a delusion and act as if free-will is real.
But thats not comparable, if free-will was an illusion you'd have no choice but to act as if you had it because whatevers pulling your strings has chosen thats how you should behave.
If you were given conclusive proof God didn't exist, that is to say that its 100% certain, you're saying you'd willingly, knowingly ignore it to fit in with your own beliefs on how reality should be.
Now correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't that be textbook definition of self-delusion that borders on psychosis?
If it were discovered that God was real and proven conclusively then that would be fascinating, it would change everything and it'd be a subject of intense study. Of course it would be met with intense scepticism but so is every subject of scientific study, if the undeniable proof was there then we'd concede it as a fact yet you wouldn't be willing to change your views if it was irrevocably proven he wasn't? You wouldn't take an active interest in finding out how we really came to be? You'd just cling to your beliefs?
Is that really true?
Well I guess I would say it depends how convincing the proof is. If I was convinced 100% God doesn't exist, as opposed to 99.9%, then it changes. If I was 100% sure, I would not be able to act as if God exists.
