(February 16, 2013 at 4:09 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(February 15, 2013 at 5:57 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Such a discovery wouldn't tell us much about the nature of the Creator. It would mean theists worldview is correct while atheists worldview is incorrect. It would be a huge blow to atheists but I agree the debates would continue.
The atheist worldview, if there can be said to be such a thing, would be along the lines of "don't believe in god claims until there is evidence to do so". The discovery of the existence of a god would be the ultimate evidence. As such, far from being a huge blow it would actually confirm that position. I would just find the situation depressing, from a personal perspective, especially if the god proven was the hair-trigger psychopath of Abrahamic tradition. It would have a lot to answer for, whichever it turned out to be.
Hello Stimbo
The atheist worldview, whether individual atheists own up to it or not, is that our existence and that of the universe was the result of mindless mechanistic forces that never intended either the universe or us to exist. That worldview has significant impact philosophically speaking.
