(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: This is a spinoff idea from various questions I've been putting to people. These are a bunch of hypothetical scenarios. Atheists and theists alike can answer. You may, for one reason or another, consider it to be an impossible scenario. If so, just pretend, and give the closest answer. Some of these you'll have seen before I'm sure :pNo. I'd hand him a rope and tell him to go hang himself.
1) God appears to you. You are 100% sure this is the real, one true God.
A) He instructs you to kill your friends and family. He doesn't say why. Will you do it?
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: B) Christians: he is Allah. Yahweh is fictional. Allah is just as described in the Quran.No. I'd give him a grenade and tell him to pull the pin.
Non-christians: he is Yahweh. He is just as described in the bible.
Will you worship this God?
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: 2) You have just replaced God. You're in full control of everything, and have unlimited power. You can ensure any changes you make have no negative consequences.
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: A) Would you put an end to the suffering in the world?Maybe not all of it. Certain types of suffering, such as the type a writer must endure when working on a novel, or an artist when learning how to paint, or an athlete in training, are good. But the truly terrible forms of suffering, such as people mistreating one another, or natural catastrophes that decimate entire towns, or diseases that slowly deprive bodies of life and will, would be put to a halt.
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: B) Would you alter "free will" so that people only have good (non harmful) options and thoughts?Sure, why not? Unless we suffer from some mental deficiency, our wills are already restricted to think feces disgusting so that we don't enjoy eating shit, or smelling it, or thinking about smearing it on our faces. Why not make malicious thoughts invoke the same nausea we would probably experience if we handled shit the way I just described?
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: C) Would you request worship and thanks from people? If so, would you reward worship and/or punish non-worship?What? Care what you apes think about me?? I am God, remember?!
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: D) There is this evil guy satan who keeps messing with your plans. He causes people to be evil, and all sorts of horrible stuff. Would you remove his power to do this?His power comes from me! He's not an evil guy! Just the most misunderstood of my projects...like ever.
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote: E) If you wanted to communicate with the people, how would you go about it?Film a youtube video while riding on a lightning bolt.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
