Suppose God (christian) was proved to exist (imperically)?

[One Above All]

I'd believe him to exist, gather an army of iron chariots, and spit in his face.

[Anomalocaris]

Interesting question.

Magniloquent pretentions, insatiable narcissism, cosmological jealousy, and boundless vengeance are all so integral to the concept of the Christian God that if what you empirically discovered failed to possess any one of those wickedest of traits in the most surpassing of abundances, it wouldn't be the Christian God.

So empirical evidence of existence of Christian God means empirical existence of infinite evil that would inflict infinite punishment upon you for failing to prostrate yourself before it and call it the one and only infinite good.    This puts you in a bind.   What would you do if an evidently infinite wickedness can evidently inflict infinite punishment upon you for failing to prostrate yourself before it and calling it the infinite good?

[robvalue]

It would make no difference to me, except I'd now be a theist. The very idea of atheism would be scrapped by all but those in denial of the evidence.

I'd carry on as usual.

[ajarnfalang]

As a thought experiment suppose, just for the moment that it was proven that the Christ and   Biblical 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

I wouldn't care just like I don't care now about anything that has to do with religion.

The atheist and the religious are one in the same because they're both concerned with the question of God.

[robvalue]

We're the same?

I'm an atheist, but I also don't care whether there is a god

I just have no problem being clear about my beliefs, or lack of.

[Longhorn]

The atheist and the religious are one in the same because they're both concerned with the question of God.

oh yay, you're one of those people

[ajarnfalang]

We're the same?

I'm an atheist, but I also don't care whether there is a god

I just have no problem being clear about my beliefs, or lack of.

Yes you do. Otherwise you wouldn't call yourself an atheist.

[robvalue]

*Hides under the table*

[ajarnfalang]

The atheist and the religious are one in the same because they're both concerned with the question of God.

oh yay, you're one of those people

Yes. I'm one of those people bored on the Internet. Yes. I'm adding some forums to tapatalk and nothing is more entertaining than listening to this nonsense.

[Longhorn]

You must be real fun at parties or a poe