(April 19, 2015 at 6:39 pm)Passive Atheist Wrote: As a thought experiment suppose, just for the moment that it was proven that the Christ andBiblical God did, in fact, exist.
How would it affect your atheism? How would you reconcile yourself to embracing the need to worship him,to denying your atheism?
Would you study the Bible?
I would be in deep shit, my belief is so ingrained I don't think I'd be able to make the change.
Robert
My atheism, as I'd expect for the vast majority of atheists, is a provisional position, not a dogmatic one. My atheism is an outgrowth of properly applied skepticism and critical thinking when applied to the god claim.
If a the Biblical god was empirically proven to exist, my atheism would end.
But if the way he is depicted in the Bible is an accurate representation of his nature, I would not worship such a god. In fact, I'm not sure any being should be worshiped.
If said god felt it necessary to send me to hell for my position, there's not much I could do about it except for plead my case. But I would go with the knowledge that I was more moral than this god.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
