Atheists....?

Question

If you had some divine encounter with God, whom you previously believed never existed, and you were more convinced in the authenticity of this encounter than the very fact that you exist...would you be open about the truth you've discovered?

Lots of people praise agnosticism as it's an intellectually honest stance where you're admitting that you don't know the truth. What if you were convinced you did? Should you be praised for your intellectual honesty if you know the truth even though others don't?

Answer 1

I'm not atheistic (unfortunately for the purposes of this question), but from my knowledge and very exhaustive conversations with some of my atheist friends, I will hazard an answer anyway (especially since non one else has, up until this point). If they had an encounter with God, the authenticity of which was beyond question, they would be open about the truth they discovered. They would also freely admit, however, that they had no physical proof of His existence.

Yes, one should always be praised for intellectual honesty, so long as 1) a person does not attempt to force their beliefs (whatever they may be) upon others and 2) they have thought-out reasons for their beliefs.