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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:27 pm
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If God showed up, proved himself to exist, proved himself to be only the good things in the Bible and denounced and proved that he did not command that women be subservient (1 Cor 14:34) or that slavery was allowable (Ex 21) or that the cost of apostasy was death (Deut 13:9) or that gay people should be stoned to death (Leviticus 20:13), or that bats were birds (Lev 11:19), etc etc etc. If he proved to me that these were in fact the codified prejudices of ignorant people, then I'd be grateful. I'd then ask if he were omnipotent, and if he says yes, I'd ask why he didn't make Stephen Paddock's gun explode in his face, mortally wounding him, or better yet, just made him disappear as soon as he broke the window. I'd ask why, if he wanted everyone to be saved, did he make it look exactly as if he didn't exist, what with the sheer amount of randomness and pain in the world. But if he answered all of these questions (and probably a lot more) satisfactorily, as I am assuming your hypothetical is proposing, then I'd happily follow him.
I'd know that the Bible would then be mostly useless, and I'd ask him to point out the parts that were "inspired," if any. Maybe I could write a new one. I'd be pretty famous, having talked to God and whatnot.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:28 pm
As I said in another thread, whether any gawd is worthy is more important than their existence. If your buy-bull gawd were proven, as described in the buy-bull, it still wouldn't be worthy of worship.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:30 pm
C_L, if this entity showed up, doesn't your particular belief system indicate it's more than likely to be your trickster, the one you like to hate?
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:31 pm
So far I've had only like 2 people actually answer lol.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:34 pm
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What would you do if you found out Apollo existed?
What would you do if you found out if Poseidon existed?
What would you do if you found out Thor existed?
What would you do if you found out Yoda existed?
What would you do if you figured out all gods are reflections of human's desires?
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:35 pm
(October 5, 2017 at 7:27 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I'd be pretty famous, having talked to God and whatnot.
Even most of the religious people would think you were just crazy 
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:36 pm
What is interesting to me is that proof that a good god exists would be proof that a Christian God does not exist.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:42 pm
Also, why do people think atheists hate the idea of having to answer to an authority on the matter of any wrong doings? That's never been what it's about for me. I've never thought to myself how awful it would be for people to have to answer for the things they've done wrong. I do sometimes think how awful it would be to live for eternity with people who've done monsterous things and have been forgiven simply because they accepted Jesus into their hearts.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:42 pm
(October 5, 2017 at 7:31 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: So far I've had only like 2 people actually answer lol.
You do understand hypothetical questions have only hypothetical answers don't you?
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 5, 2017 at 7:53 pm
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(October 5, 2017 at 7:42 pm)Succubus Wrote: (October 5, 2017 at 7:31 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: So far I've had only like 2 people actually answer lol.
You do understand hypothetical questions have only hypothetical answers don't you?
Yes, and so far only 2 people have given their hypothetical answer to my hypothetical question.
(October 5, 2017 at 7:42 pm)Losty Wrote: Also, why do people think atheists hate the idea of having to answer to an authority on the matter of any wrong doings? That's never been what it's about for me. I've never thought to myself how awful it would be for people to have to answer for the things they've done wrong. I do sometimes think how awful it would be to live for eternity with people who've done monsterous things and have been forgiven simply because they accepted Jesus into their hearts.
It's been my impression that many on this board hate the idea of a god of any sort. But perhaps I have misunderstood.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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