If proof against your beliefs were provided, would you change your views?

Question

If science could PROVE there was no God would all theists give up their beliefs?

On the other-hand, if God was proven to exist and that every word of the bible was absolutely true, would us atheists take up worship?

Please don't argue, "but you can't prove God exists or not", this is a purely hypothetical question. Imagine that absolute proof was given. Well, would you?

Answer 1

Religion is to do with Faith and their belief is personal!

If it gives people solace and comfort when needed then it is a good thing.

Science is hard facts, giving evidence to prove what is theory and what is scientifically proven as true.

They should not be used against each other as an argument of what is real or not.

Answer 2

Ones faith or to belief in something doesnt neccessarily have to change just because we are offered irrefutable evidential proof of something else. I dont see how a belief in something can be disproved anyway. How for instance would you provide proof against the existence of faeries ?or parallel universes in the back of old wardrobes,ghosts or the existence of god even. Surely in order to prove something didnt exist it has to have first existed somewhere or sometime for you to find any evidence against and that in itself proves the at least once upon a time existence of it. Faith is exactly that...faith /belief and its actually much harder to disprove belief and faith than it is to prove it.

On the other hand if god was proven to exist and every word of the bible was proved to be absolutely true it would just give me faith that in time maybe more things would be proven to be real and some other beliefs and faiths would become certainty to those for whom that is important.
If i suddenly became a believer in God or a Christian wouldn't i just be a hypocrite anyway as there is no faith there but just proof and i would only believe because of that proof so i am then denying the concept of faith and god just by becoming one of his followers when offered proof. I think so and a hypocrite i will never be...

Just because one thing is proven to exist that doesnt in itself disprove the co-existence of other things. Well not for me anyhow,

nice question there,nice to keep the brain spiced,lol x

Answer 3

If you have a respect and understanding for the scientific approach to life's big questions, you have already done this several times. Science doesn't provide beliefs. It tries to provide explanations through a system of hypothesis, experimentation, and in successful cases, conclusions. The conclusions, however, can disprove your hypothesis or belief. Religion isn't trying to do this. In fact, proof has been given to dispel many religious beliefs throughout history and people have been very resistant to changing their beliefs in the face of proof. The problem is, can you always understand what the proof is? Is a hallucination or feeling proof? Is proof rejected as the devil's trickery? Obviously, the question has already faced the test of human judgment. Is humankind only 10,000 years old? No. Does that mean everyone accepts the evidence or proof that it is much older? No.

Answer 4

Since when was atheism anything to do with belief? It is surely to do with the absence of belief and reliance on logic and empirical evidence. Science doesn't need to prove there is no god, and belief is all about the absence of proof. So the question should really be directed to believers in god, to which the answer would be "probably not"

Answer 5

This question is not as straight forward as you paint. From an atheistic perspective, let say that proof of God's existence could be deduced from the bible, then you need to consider the following points.

1) Okay, now that God exists, you are spoilt for choice as to which Christian pratice you may want to adopt. Each denomination pratices and without further clarification from on high, you could end up in joining the wrong Christian denomination. So not only therefore is proof of God required from on high but also instruction as to which religious worship to join.

2)So God exists but is s/he(it), the type of God worthy of your worship e.g. think of all the crimes and acts of violence carried out in the name of this possible god?

3)How does this all loving God justify sending people to hell for eternity when their sin are finite?

4) What about the question of evil?

Those are just some questions I would have to ponder but in the end as I once told my Christian friend when trying to convince via Pascal's wage, I live my life as I see fit and as an adult, I am prepared to accept the consequences of my decisions.

Hope that helps

Answer 6

I think if it was proven 100% god didn't exist that a lot of people would still believe in him as humans we all need a spiritual belief our souls crave it whether its a belief in god or the devil or anything spiritual, angels, demons we need to believe in something so I don't think hard proof really matters.Humans need to look up to the "heavens" and believe in something.We simple can't accept that we could possibly be alone with nothing out there

Answer 7

I believe in God by faith - atheist do not want to believe in God (even if they had all the proof in the world - they still would not believe - it is difficult for them to accept the fact that there is someone greater than themselves). Since my belief in God is based on faith I will not stop believing - although I believe that the more we learn in science - the more it proves the existence of God!

Answer 8

Please don't argue, "but you can't prove God exists or not", this is a purely hypothetical question. Imagine that absolute proof was given. Well, would you?

Only God could give such an absolute proof- he never did -

so back to your question - you said ?????

Answer 9

We are assuming that when you say god you are talking about Jehovah, even if it is proved he exist i don't think he will accept me, I'm not Jew I don't belong to his chosen people and I would never worship a God that has so many rules, wants to be first on everything, at least he gives me a day off but, you guessed it, is to worship him. He giveth and he taketh away.. sorry, you can keep it. But if we are talking about the father of Jesus... count me in, and please don't say that they are one and the same because they are not, We have been lied to for the last 2000 years

Answer 10

As Carl Sagan once said: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
If someone could present irrefutable proof of the existence of a god - any god would do - I would become a theist. But until that day comes I will persist in seeing the world as it is, not as I wish it to be, no matter how comfortable and reassuring.