What would you say to God if you died and you discovered that HE did in fact exist? A LOVING GOD!!!
(No smart answers please. I'm not looking for you to tell me the million reasons why God doesn't exist. I know how you feel. Just go along with the hypothetical situation and answer please. Thanks.)
2007-07-13 08:10:00 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'd say hey God you gave me a brain, I used it the way it was supposed to be used. I drew a logical conclusion from the data you gave me. You should be proud of me.
2007-07-13 08:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 8⤊ 3⤋
I am somewhat of an agnostic. I have gotten to a point where I no longer believe in a God that is constantly watching me and getting involved in my life (or anyone else's life). However, I really don't think I will ever be questioned for this. After all, if a god of some sort does exist, then he/she/it should already know why I believe what I believe. Also, he/she/it should also be impressed with the honorable life I have lived. I'm not perfect, but I'm good for the most part. I do the best I can. I don't all of that "everyone is sinful trash unless they follow my religion" argument that fundies put forth.
Besides, why would an all-powerful being have a pathological need to be worshiped, or a deep need to have people follow only one type of religion or belief system?
2007-07-13 08:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess you never miss something you've never had.
When i die the prospect of meeting a god would be an interesting scenario. I would probably reflect on the full life I have had and the fact that I have dealt with life's issues without having or needing a god and be happy with my lot.
If god is a loving god, as you say, then I guess he'd give a wry smile and open the door to whatever place is intended for us - since he is all-forgiving.
If not, I'll take what comes and be glad about what I've done.
But you know that isn't going to happen.
The God delusion: Richard Dawkins, if anyone is in any doubt.
2007-07-13 08:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If I died and actually met God, I would want to sit and have a meaningful conversation with him/her. I would ask all kinds of questions and be interested in learning more about the world I just left. Most importantly I would ask where my family is so I could be reunited.
2007-07-13 08:26:53 · answer #4 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, a loving god would send me to heaven, so I would be just fine.
You're arguing pascal's wager:
"If god exists, it's infinitely better to believe, since you get heaven instead of hell for eternity. If he doesn't, it doesn't matter since you're dead anyway. So overall it's better to believe"
This is, of course, false.
Some of the problems with the argument:
* The implied assumption that god may exist (with a 50% probability, no less!)
* The assumption that there is an afterlife with a heaven and hell
* The assumption that the god cares about belief in him/her above all else
* The assumption that if you believe in a god, it will definitely be the same god that actually exists.
* The assumption that you lose nothing if it's false. You have lost a great deal, from time praying to a nonexistent entity (some people pray several hours a day!!!) to morality (your god may ask you to hurt other people) and much more besides.
* The assumption that people can believe in something simply because it benefits them. Would you believe goblins exist for twenty bucks? Why not?
* The assumption that any god won't see through the "believing just to get into heaven" ploy.
For more:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/wager.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/wager.html
2007-07-13 08:14:10 · answer #5 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
My relatives is atheist (maximum of it, a minimum of), so i don't have that situation (stable success with that!). that is not precisely the 1st concern I tell somebody once I meet them, yet they enormously lots do in basic terms not say something once I tell them. once I tell them I wasn't even baptised their mouths drop open and that they ask whether or not they are in a position to call me something they choose as a results of fact i don't likely have a recognition. that's stupid. As for the chums i've got had for an prolonged time, all of them recognize. and that i think of they have continuously regular. So i haven't had to tell them like that.
2016-10-21 03:59:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If i died, and i discovered that there actually was a god, then the first thing i would ask would be, "am i on an acid trip?"
and then i'd just tell him that i never believed cuz it doesnt seam logical, and then i'd ask alot of questions about the world.
2007-07-13 08:19:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seriously, if by some incredible chance this happened, I'd be fine with it. I have lived a very honest life, more honest than many "believers" I know. I've followed the "golden rule" because I think it's the best way to live, not because someone named Jesus happened to say it. (There's a version of that in just about every religion, anyway.)
Unless god really cares about how much time people spend in a building looking at god's dead son hanging on a cross, I think I'd be in good shape.
2007-07-13 08:13:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
If the Abrahamic God of the Bible did in fact exist I would not want to spend eternity worshiping him if he is how he is described in the Bible. But this is not what I believe. I believe that if there is a God, that it is nothing whatsoever like the one described in the Bible.
2007-07-13 08:59:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would say, "God, if you wanted me to belive the bible why did you make it so ridiculously far fetched (noah, David and Goliath, Adam and Eve). How do you expect an educated person to believe what uneducated people wrote two thousand years ago? If you are so compassionate then why do you send people to hell to be tortured for eternity? What the hell is the point of my exisitence if you already knew how I would trun out and knew you were going to send me to hell? Why did you mess with the people of earth for 2,000 years and just tell them to believe with out question and if they don't they will spend an eternity in hell being tortured? What is the point of that? Can you please show me the way to hell?
2007-07-13 08:26:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't really consider myself agnostic or atheist, but I don't believe in an active God that participates in the lives of man in the christian sense of God.
I would say I have lived a life of love, and tried to treat others as I would want to be treated. I have shared happiness and sorrow over the joys and pains of my life and the lives of others. I tried to make the world better than I found it. I have lived a good life, and I am prepared to be judged.
Any God that wouldn't accept that doesn't deserve the honor of judging human souls, in my opinion.
2007-07-13 08:14:51 · answer #11 · answered by J P 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋