If your going to say something like "nothing could ever convince me", please skip this question. What would it take? A conversation, a demonstration, maybe If someone turned water into wine or showed you something you couldnt explain using logic or science? Im just curious, please dont be offened, is there anything at all?
2006-12-03 18:16:10 · 24 answers · asked by Fatman 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A personal conversation, a guided tour of the universe (space and time), a view of heaven and/or hell, and the comprehension of everything I witnessed.
2006-12-03 18:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by freebird 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am agnostic, but I will answer anyways. It would take this being or entity to appear right before my very eyes and speak in my language to me and answer my questions to an extant that the answered could be verified by scientific means beyond a shadow of a doubt. It would have to prove to me that it was who and what it claims to be and explain why it has been so secretive for 6000 years or as long as recorded history. Then most importantly and lastly....it would have to explain its negligence in allowing the innocent to suffer...ya know...things like children with cancer. After my questions were satisfied and a witnessed a scientifically verifiable demonstration of this entities creative powers...I will consider a belief in such an entity.
2006-12-04 02:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by dicedicerose 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Err... any proof that could withstand intellectual scrutiny would do it... there just doesn't seem to be anything that I can't explain that is better explained by Christianity.
If the Christian God appeared and started talking to me, I would go to Church. Right after finding good psychiatric help and seeing if a thorazine drip made God vanish.
2006-12-04 02:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by thebraindamaged1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's easy: for fundamentalists of all religions to consider that there is a God but that the one they're worshipping is the complete opposite of God. The real god is unconditional love and knows nothnig about hell, sin, guilt, judgement, reward, punishement, etc. Atheists and believers -- which represent about 98% of the world -- all make the same fundamental error of focusing on this ego projected god that is completely unreal. When this is brought up to a fundamentalist, they NEVER consider this at all -- they never consider that the bible's gospels were the dramatic and radical change of Jesus' message.
2006-12-04 02:19:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bring your laptop to the world 2000 years ago.
Show them every trick you can with your Windows XP.
You could be a God on the spot and a super star for the next 2000 years. He was a magician with a PC (I guess).
2006-12-04 02:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by area52 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I will need a least a year of Jesus Camp just to break through my outer defenses. Then daily immersion in the world of TV Preachers for a minimum of 6 hours. Then I will need to get born again. But I gotta talk to Mom first as she already said I was too big to be Born Again. Followed by regualar attendence to the Moron Tab and Apple Church witha smattering of laying on of the hands and gibberish hour. (praying in tongues). All this with a strict regiment of prescription drugs should do it for me.
2006-12-04 02:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
What would it take for you to consider Athieism? It is the same thing. The Bible says to help the poor and to visit the sick and the prisoners. They at least may want your help. Going after athiest this way is casting your pearls before swine. You do know what the bible has to say about that, right?
2006-12-04 02:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by Dennis Fargo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not athiest, but one of my good friends is and I just wanted to thank you for asking this question because I have often wondered the same thing.
2006-12-04 02:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by Who Me? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I don't know? How can you prove something that's almost entirely unprovable?
... Thought about it more. You'd have to start with the creation of the universe. The theory of evolution has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt. So has the development of the universe. You'd have to show me some evidence of the creation of the universe being attributed to a sentient being.
And that wouldn't be easy.
2006-12-04 02:17:46 · answer #9 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
My minimum requirement: that whichever god's holy book doesn't conflict with 1: itself and 2: reality. Once a god does that, the rest would be easy-peasy pumpkin pie.
2006-12-04 02:19:02 · answer #10 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋