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Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm
This isn't that original a question, I suppose, but turn-about is fair play. I keep hearing the same dumb questions out of Godders ("What happens to morality when they disprove God?" and "What if God was proven to exist?"), so what the hell. First read the post, "Ok.....So you killed off Religion"
Question: How would you feel/react if it was proven, with 100% absolute certainty, that God does NOT exist?
a) Overjoyed! That would mean I could rape and steal and murder at will.
b) Devastated. It would render life meaningless.
c) Unaffected. I would never, under any circumstances whatever, believe there was no God, no matter what undeniable evidence was presented.
If a), you realize you could also refrain from raping and stealing and murdering, too, right? I mean, I don't do any of that and I'm an atheist.
If b), makes you wonder why you believe in the first place, doesn't it?
If c), then how do you differ from a person who lives in an alley and talks to Dumpsters?
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 7:00 pm
I'd be too busy laughing at the "100% absolute certainty" part... 
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 7:10 pm
Hey, we answer stupid questions from theists. At least have the courtesy to answer a stupid question from an atheist
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 7:15 pm
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 7:23 pm
You wouldn't need to prove that God doesn't exist. All you'd have to do is prove that some other God does. Every fundamental of scripture is immediately rendered questionably valid with the introduction of competition.
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 7:28 pm
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 7:28 pm
Two problems with your post.
1. For starters, there is no "other" option. In fact, why did you list multiple choice options at all rather than letting them just answer on their own? Which leads to...
2. Your tone suggests that you just want to rub shit in their faces with pre-determined responses rather than genuinely understand how they would feel. Not a good means of getting them to answer your question.
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Lol, good luck waiting for them to answer.
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RE: Question for believers
June 10, 2013 at 8:46 pm
I've seen less loaded trains in India
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RE: Question for believers
June 11, 2013 at 8:50 am
(June 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm)cneron Wrote: Question: How would you feel/react if it was proven, with 100% absolute certainty, that God does NOT exist?
a) Overjoyed! That would mean I could rape and steal and murder at will.
b) Devastated. It would render life meaningless.
c) Unaffected. I would never, under any circumstances whatever, believe there was no God, no matter what undeniable evidence was presented.
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Quote:If b), makes you wonder why you believe in the first place, doesn't it?
No, not really.
"I know what you are thinking about,' said Tweedledum: 'but it isn't so, nohow.'
'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." ~Tweedledum and Tweedledee discussing the finer points of logic
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