If there was a loving God, would you accept him?

[Mister Agenda]

Ladies and Gentleman,

I would like to propose the following question to those who are Atheist:

If there was a loving God, would you accept him? Please explain why or why not.

Yes, if I were convinced it existed, I would accept that, and if I were convinced it was loving, I would accept it. I like loving beings.

Your question answered, I will nitpick a little bit. For starters, you don't need to capitalize atheist or theist when they're not at the beginning of a sentence or part of the name of something. They are not proper nouns.

I realize that this may seem like an overly basic question. But I am trying to better understand the presuppositions (metaphysical dream) that is behind the Atheist belief system.

I would suggest that it wasn't basic enough. You should have asked whether atheism entails enough presuppositions to constitute a belief system. It does not, and neither does mere theism. A system of beliefs requires multiple interlocking beliefs, and these two things are just differing opinions on one topic: the existence of a God or gods. They are not 'isms' like 'communism' or 'republicanism'. They are 'isms' like metabolism or albinism: conditions of being. Theism is the condition of holding that it's the case (or at least likely) that a God or at least one god exists. Atheism is not holding that to be true.

For this to help me improve my understanding of the Atheist belief system, I need everyone to be truthful and forthcoming about the question.

Look at it this way: If all you knew about a person was that they were a theist, how much would you know about their belief system? Atheists come in a lot of flavors. There are hundreds of millions of people who are atheists because they were raised that way in communist countries. I have as much in common with them because we're both atheists as a Christian would have with a Hindu because they're both theists.

I look forward to hearing everyone's comments.

Thanks,

Nathan

Welcome, Nathan, I look forward to your comments as well.