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Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2015 at 4:44 am by robvalue.)
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 :p
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?
B) Christians: he is Allah. Yahweh is fictional. Allah is just as described in the Quran.
Non-christians: he is Yahweh. He is just as described in the bible.
Will you worship this God?
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.
A) Would you put an end to the suffering in the world?
B) Would you alter "free will" so that people only have good (non harmful) options and thoughts?
C) Would you request worship and thanks from people? If so, would you reward worship and/or punish non-worship?
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?
E) If you wanted to communicate with the people, how would you go about it?
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 5:53 am
1) no
2) kill everyone
That's a full mark, right?
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:02 am
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2015 at 9:02 am by robvalue.)
Have you been peeking at the answers? :p
If any theist goes through and actually answers I'll these I'll be most impressed.
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:05 am
I simply wouldn't be sure it is the one true God out of principle, and hence I have a very hard time answering the rest...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:05 am
Just pretend you're sure 
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:08 am
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( you have to write christians and jews / non-christians and non-jews: )
2 in general: being in that position sucks completely. But of course I'd be infinitely smarter then than I am now, so I'm sure I'll figure it out.
2 B) I might be tempted to leave "free will" but put in some emergency programmes which kick in to prevent the worst
2 C) Nah, no punishment, I'd regularly (maybe around christmas) throw gignormous feasts with free food (which only has calories if you need them) and stuff for everyone. If they still decide that I'm not worth a little bit of worship, they'll already be miserable bastards and don't need additional punishment.
2 D) Satan gets kicked out or demoted to producing blue screens in Windows.
2 E) I'd have a twitter
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:08 am
(March 5, 2015 at 9:02 am)robvalue Wrote: Have you been peeking at the answers? :p
If any theist goes through and actually answers I'll these I'll be most impressed.
Theists usually will not answer the question about god ordering them to kill their families. They won't even let themselves consider the possibility. I have been on forums where Christians were asked what they would do if god gave them the same order that he did Abraham. The answer is usually that god wouldn't order them to do something like that so it must be Satan. The fact that god did order Abraham to kill his own son doesn't seem to bother them.
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:10 am
Good point alex. Too late to edit now
Yeah, Huggy did actually answer the kill question and I was most impressed. First time ever. The fact that theists won't even attempt to give an answer shows the level of internal contradiction going on in their minds. Instead I get an essay on why they can't answer it.
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:13 am
(March 5, 2015 at 4:43 am)robvalue Wrote:
1. Yes, if god is real then I gonna be the biggest suck-up in history
2. I would destroy everyone except people I'm interested by or fancy
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
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RE: Various scenarios: what would you do?
March 5, 2015 at 9:14 am
Twitter! That's a good idea.
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