Atheists - What, if anything, could "God" do to prove to YOU that He exists?

Question

Atheists - is there "any" miracle that you could experience that would prove ot YOU that God ( any Supreme Being ) exists? Would you dismiss any intervention as either an "unusual, but technically explainable" event - or maybe even the result of a psychotic break? I'm really interested in what you think God should do to prove ot YOU that He exists. Believers, while I respect your experiences and your testimony, that is not what this question is about, and I'd rather hear from "die-hard" non-believers.

Answer 1

If some being did come to me and did something that did defy the laws of physics and logic then I would assume first off that it was an alien being who somehow could do this with some form of extremely advanced technology or something.

Nothing could make me believe the fairytale as proclaimed by religion. It's just so make-believe to me.

Answer 2

Even if I knew god existed, so what? If god exists like people say he does, then there's a whole lot of stuff that doesn't make any sense. I really don't need this beard of mine growing back every day for no good reason at all. All it does is annoy me and it's really bad 'design'. Not intelligent design.

Hay fever. What was god thinking when he gave me that?

Cancer. Who needs cancer? I don't want cancer. Do you want cancer? There's no need for cancer. God really screwed up the design with cancer, especially the congenital kind. That's just cold-blooded cruelty.

If god wants to perform a little miracle that would really impress me, he could maybe make me a lot smarter than I am and better looking, too.. I think that would be good and there's a good few other people I can think of who could do with similar enhancement.

Nah. If God existed like they say he does, he'd have done the job right in the first place.

So very, very often I hear people say all the evidence you need to prove god exists is the creation all around you and you only have to look. Well, I've looked and I'm not seeing a god that's worth a damn. Not on the terms religion dictates. If god exists like religion makes out he does, he's a screw up.

Answer 3

I read all the answers here just to see the insights of those that do not believe God exists. You guys are right. He does not...at least not in this plane of existence. The God religions talk about is full of love and mercy and I doubt He would allow the crap going on in this world if He was here. As far as feeding the hungry and clothing the poor or throwing concerts in London for Africa....those are all things WE choose NOT to do. No god is at fault for our behavior. This is where our free will comes in. We choose which path to walk on and pay the price for each choice we make. You want war to end then go out be nice to the guy who gave you the finger instead of punching him in the face. You want people to stop being hungry then stop eating like a glutton, stop putting more food on your plate than you can eat, and do not buy food you know will end up in the back of the fridge rotting a week later. Go volunteer at a local soup kitchen and help instead of griping about all the problems of the world. We created them all so its time we get off our butts and do something about it. You don't need a god to tell you that much.

Answer 4

Usually I answer this question with "That's like me asking you if Zeus could do anything to prove that HE exists!" but I'll try something different this time.

I will tell you what would change my faith, or at least, make me look at Christianity in a different light. If one of the strong atheists that frequents this forum -- preferably one of them that I've talked to and trust -- came here and reported having a spiritual experience that they cannot conclude was anything less than the work of God, then I would rethink the possibility of God existing. It would have to be someone who frequents this forum who is vocal and confident about their opinion that God doesn't exist, and then had a total change of heart because of some unexplainable thing that happened to them.

Christians can't convince me because they already believe -- they're already looking for "signs" from God. If an atheist reported experiencing a "sign" from a deity, THAT would definitely make me rethink the whole concept.

Answer 5

Simple. If there is an established scientific law that is broken abritrarily, I will believe in god. This is a simple test actually - clearly if god made this place, he can break this place.

If the force of gravity suddenly became weaker or stronger, or an electrical circuit starts to flow backwards, or a light that bends around corners without a large graviational force involved... these should be simple things for god to do, right? That would prove to me that there is a god.

Sadly, I have little faith I'd ever see such a thing - do you?

Answer 6

You answered your own question. If God proves that he exists, that's the end of it. The big problem is proof. I don't even demand proof, just some hard evidence.
Don't tell me that the fact that some uneducated superstitious nut wrote something two thousand years ago is proof. Anything you want proven that way can be found in print, for or against.
Come up with something the least bit convincing, anything,but not," It says in this book".

Answer 7

If any event was "technically explainable" that wouldn't do it for me. It would have to be something that 100% sure really happened, but that I can't find a reasonable explination for. I've never heard of *anything* that has happened to me or others that fit this criteria. Everything I hear called "miracles" are either unverifiable, or explainable.

Answer 8

I would be assured of God's existence if the world began to demonstrate a moral bias, nothing as simple as punishing the evildoer and rewarding the righteous, but a noticeable tendency. People who did "good" things would find it easier to do more good things. People who did "bad" things would find it harder and harder to do them. People who did good, but then became conceited about it would become ineffective. People who performed evil but came to realize their error would receive an insight into how they could change.

The basis for determining good and evil could be up to God, as long as it was consistent. (I'd suggest altruistic service vs selfish advantage-seeking.) We would be free in our decisions yet could easily tell what God's "will" actually was. Prosperity and status could be directly affected by our actions, but not changed based on God's approval or disapproval.

The problem of human evil is ignorance. We do not know the ultimate effect of our actions and we fear for our survival. If there were an actual moral "compass" that we could all perceive, we would know our course and decide for ourselves. There would be no mistakes, only knowledgeable choices by informed consciences. That would convince me that there is Someone in charge who cares about us and what we do.

Answer 9

Something would have to happen that created a feeling within my heart/soul that he was real. I do not know what that would be for me. The easy answer would be that I'd have to see him come out of the sky and hear him say "I am God". Even then, I'd still have to see if I felt it was 'real' or just some strange trick.

Answer 10

Part the Atlantic Ocean, Move mount Everest to a new location, Maybe have a little fun with us for a change instead of all the doom and gloom perhaps, after all we are "his children". That would be good.

I like that question so I'll give you a thumbs up.