(August 4, 2014 at 1:00 am)Drich Wrote: If God told me He did not exist, then I would take it to mean He does not exist as I understand God to exist. Therefore I would assume if God told you He did not exist (meaning He did exist in some form or fashion, otherwise who would be their to tell you anything) then I would assume the truth of that proclamation would be the same For you. God simply does exist as you understand God to exist.. Or if you prefer your personal understanding of God does not exist.
In other words, you would rationalise (spin) the revelation to match your preconceived notion. Isn't that what I prophesied you would do? Score another to me. I've got a much better hit rate than anyone in your tatty old fairybook.
Incidentally, the theist of whom I spoke, whose name escapes me but ought to be easily traceable by anyone arsed to do so, rationalised the account of my dream as my being deceived by the devil. He had to; it couldn't have been a mere dream, or a lie, because that opened up the floodgtaes on every other divinely inspired dream. I couldn't have been relating a true revelation, as in his mind the idea of his god speaking to an atheist bluescreened his brain. So the most likely option he could come up with was that the devil was fucking with me and using me to test his faith.
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.'
