If these resident theists really talk to god..

[John V]

Point is that, either way, you've already answered that question - "not" - despite the amount of evidence.

This is a really strange thing to say: we're atheists, of course right now we wouldn't follow Jesus. It would be rather odd of us to not believe in Jesus yet still follow him.

Besides, atheism is a position of non-belief, not one of denial; we don't believe god exists, and if we had evidence, then we would believe that he did, but nothing in any of those concepts entails worship. I can see why a christian might conflate the two, considering that so much of your concept of god is bound up in your belief that he's perfect and worthy of worship, but they're really not connected.

The atheist position here isn't "prove god exists and I'll worship him," for you to prove it's disingenuous. It's "prove god exists and I'll believe he exists." Which is absolutely true, but that doesn't mean I automatically need to start bending and scraping. I believe lots of things exist without doing that; my entirely believed-in coffee machine goes every day without worship. You shouldn't add things onto the atheist position, here.

You called my position really strange - then pretty much agreed with it. Now that's strange! You don't need to make a knee-jerk reaction against everything I say...or maybe you do.