What if.....you were given 100% empirical truth that God is not real....
or what if....you were given 100% empirical truth that Jesus is the Son of God......
Does anyone else this these questions are annoying and really have no point or value?
2007-03-20 08:19:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Allow me to regress.
They have value. All geninue questions have value. As long as they are genunie.
2007-03-20 08:20:13 · update #1
All questions have value. If it was not for 'what if', we would not have the theory of relativity. "What if I was to ride on a beam of light?" If it was not for 'what if', we would not know how benzene bonds. "What if that dream I had actually had a grain of truth to it?"
'What if' is the fundamental of ALL knowledge.
Without 'what if', you have nothing.
2007-03-20 08:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
OK, you can regress. OK, stop regressing now.
What if, is a standard introduction to a hypothetical question. It only means that the asker is making a proposition, not a statement to be taken seriously. It is a way of opening the question up.
"What if God is real. what would you...?" instead of "God is real. What would you...?"
2007-03-20 15:27:36 · answer #2 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that is the case then they should just shut down the R&S section and forget about it. Since all religion is by its very nature hypothetical then religion may as well be abolished also.
I say go for it.
2007-03-20 15:28:15 · answer #3 · answered by Murazor 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with JP. "What if" is the basis for all real knowledge.
I also think many people want to know the answers to the hypothetical "what if" questions here. Thinking about them can help redefine our beliefs.
2007-03-20 15:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A large % seem to be inexperienced in their religion of choice and fishing for answers. Frankly I find most religious communities to be clueless. Another large % are athiests, agnostics, and spiritual people who dislike fundamentalist christianity (and completely disregard judism, islam)
2007-03-20 15:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by larrydoyle52 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"If" questions or hypotheticals are usefule for values and judgement clarification. But they can easily be turned into something ridiculous which is why many people dislike them.
2007-03-20 15:25:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything I perceive as "annoying" is just a projection of my own confused mind... thereby informing me that I've got a long way to go in cultivating a calmer mind...
I have a long way to go in cultivating a calmer mind...
_()_
2007-03-20 15:23:24 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Aren't religion and spirituality big old hypothetical questions? The ultimate what-if game?
2007-03-20 15:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
I guess there would be no need for a Y?A religious section then
2007-03-20 15:23:13 · answer #9 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'd tell you IF I knew the answer.... but i don't.
2007-03-20 15:22:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋