I'm sure this must have been asked but I am really curious ... If you were faced with absolute proof that there was no God, no afterlife and everything was just a myth would you change anything about your life? Would you reject the current values you are living or would you continue following those values?
2007-06-10 08:58:57 · 36 answers · asked by thundercatt9 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hell no! I'd become a supervillain. No question.
2007-06-10 09:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by One Voice In The Day Rings True 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would continue to follow the values and continue to believe. Consider this: If it was absolutely proven that God does not exist, then there is no afterlife, nothing beyond this world. So, it doesn't matter what I do. Therefore, I will keep believing because I will not accept that evidence, and if there is no God, then what does it matter what I believe? We all will meet the same fate.
2007-06-10 09:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jason P 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the Christian God does not exist after all ...
... then how did the prophets plainly foretell of Christ's coming, complete with details of His birthplace, where He grew up, how He would die, even to pre-quote the words people will say around the crucifixion hundreds of years before they happened?
... how did the Bible accurately foretell the date Christ will appear on earth, even naming a historically verifiable character (Cyrus) who was not yet born?
... why did the first century Jews who were against the Christians not deny Christ's miracles? (They accused Him of being in league with the Devil.) Why did they not deny that His body was gone? Why did they have to make up a story about His missing resurrection body?
... why does the fossil record show only a handful of disputable transitional samples linking fish to amphibian or any other species?
... why aren't the museums showing skeletons depicted in the famous picture showing the stages of monkey to a man? Because only about two of those complete skeletons exist. All the others either never existed at all or were composed of just two bones!
... why is it that scientists can't find fossil records linking one plant to another "evolved" plant either?
... if the world is millions of years old, and the Grand Canyon was merely carved by the river at the bottom, why aren't there thousands of Grand Canyons all over the world?
... how did the female and male sexual organs, perfectly suitable for the other, appear in virtually every species and kinds of every animal and insect? How is it possible that they evolved in lockstep over so many millions of years? They were designed from the get-go by God!
2007-06-10 09:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
First let me say that there is a God, Allah subhana watallah.
But if there was real evidence that there was no God I would probably still be the same person that I am, one because I have a sympathetic heart. I hate to see people suffer or go through difficult things especially when its out of their hands.
I think right now we live our lives with the lack of knowing whether God really exists or if all the books that are written could just be from man itself. I live my life with the feeling that God does exist and if God doesn't at least I lived a humble fullfilling life.
2007-06-10 09:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by latte81 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no proof of there not being a God. Never will be. Your question has no meaning.
No God means no consequences. If a man wanted to rape and muder, why not? Need money? Steal it! Like that new car your buddy has? Knock his head in and drive off with it!
With no God, there are no values, and no reason to value you as a person.
2007-06-10 09:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by Graham 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes many things in my life would change if there were no loving God.
In our world of pain and sorrow (most people in the world lack shelter and food), where most people can't seem to get along (and they just rationalize that we can't help it), (see my posted question and answers), and where most people in our world seem to just care about themselves, their own opinions, and not others', I would have no hope for justice and I would be in great despair.
I would live for the present, and become very cynical. I might even grow fearful and selfish. Yuk.
Looking at history, I would know that I couldn't possibly make a big positive difference in this world that would last. I would become very burnt-out in my efforts to help, or I would just give up. If I gave up, I would hate myself. If I got burnt out, I would feel like a victim. Either spells despair.
*Sigh* Where there is no vision, people perish.
There are plenty of people who don't care about others and could be superficially satisfied living their happy, abundant lives of prosperity regardless of how others live. But I'm not one of them.
I know that many atheists really do care.
In the face of the evil Goliaths in our world, I don't see how caring atheists have any peace or hope at all. I couldn't have any peace. Without God, young & small shepherd David had no chance of beating Goliath. And all the adult soldiers were just running away in fear.
Bottomline, look at our world now. Our whole world. In the light of all the suffering, how can one have peace unless you believe that there is an afterlife that will even things out for the oppressed and hurt and victimized?
Based on where our world is at now, if it weren't for God, I would be at war with all evil & injustice - with only a few men on my side to help - and would be in despair / totally depressed that we couldn't ever win.
2007-06-10 09:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by singinheart3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would still hold all my morals and values as being very important to me. If I was to find out there is no God, of course I would still hold my values as necessary. Whether or not there is a God or an afterlife has no impact on my level of morality that I live day to day. (Or try to at least)
2007-06-10 09:07:37 · answer #7 · answered by Jeremy P 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would do things the same that is what gives hope,without hope there is just despair.Just think if there were no God and no Jesus that means Jesus had to be the biggest fraud that ever walked the earth and nobody can fool or con that many people so he has to be real.
2007-06-10 09:08:51 · answer #8 · answered by Linda101 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd probably not believe it anyway and continue my life the way it is now...actually, I'd draw closer to Jehovah God and be better because of it.
2007-06-11 13:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by ♥☺ bratiskim∞! ☺♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing about me would change I don't think. I can't answer that with 100% certainty though because I very much believe in an afterlife for all of us.
2007-06-10 09:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I suspect I wouldn't change - because the people I most admire, the people I would like to be like - are people who believe in God.
Of course, I also think the question should be
If there were no God...
Subjunctive contrary to fact
2007-06-10 09:01:12 · answer #11 · answered by Uncle John 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋