This may or may not work.
Imagine we are all oblivious to the concept of "gods". We don't know what a "god" is, we've never seen the word "god" in our entire lives. We are discussing origins of the universe. We've narrowed it down to singularity, but don't know where to go next.
We turn to our friend Psalm 23, our friend CoxRox, and our friend DayStar, and we ask "what do you think happened?"
The idea behind this is that one of those three I just named will mention a god. Like us, they have no idea what a god is, therefore they must formulate this god logically and with reasons for each attribute from scratch. They must tell us what this thing "is" and why it is a logical idea. They must tell us its attributes, origins, and anything else they can, so that we can have a fresh debate.
This gives theists a chance to critically think about their god, and us atheists/agnostics to ask fundemental questions on every point about this god.
So remember, theists: you have no previous knowledge of what a "god" is. You are wondering about origin of the universe and you try to formulate a possibility for the rest of us to consider. As you have no previous knowledge of any "gods", you must construct your "god" from your own sense of logic. Everything about it.
Atheists: you also haven't heard of a "god". The idea is new to you, and as each point is illustrated, you question these points to see how they hold out, almost in a child-like manner. Because who knows, they might even make sense.
I think this will be most beneficial to CoxRox, and perhaps interesting for the rest of us. If it fails, it fails.
Imagine we are all oblivious to the concept of "gods". We don't know what a "god" is, we've never seen the word "god" in our entire lives. We are discussing origins of the universe. We've narrowed it down to singularity, but don't know where to go next.
We turn to our friend Psalm 23, our friend CoxRox, and our friend DayStar, and we ask "what do you think happened?"
The idea behind this is that one of those three I just named will mention a god. Like us, they have no idea what a god is, therefore they must formulate this god logically and with reasons for each attribute from scratch. They must tell us what this thing "is" and why it is a logical idea. They must tell us its attributes, origins, and anything else they can, so that we can have a fresh debate.
This gives theists a chance to critically think about their god, and us atheists/agnostics to ask fundemental questions on every point about this god.
So remember, theists: you have no previous knowledge of what a "god" is. You are wondering about origin of the universe and you try to formulate a possibility for the rest of us to consider. As you have no previous knowledge of any "gods", you must construct your "god" from your own sense of logic. Everything about it.
Atheists: you also haven't heard of a "god". The idea is new to you, and as each point is illustrated, you question these points to see how they hold out, almost in a child-like manner. Because who knows, they might even make sense.
I think this will be most beneficial to CoxRox, and perhaps interesting for the rest of us. If it fails, it fails.
