When I was in the hospital watching my brother die of melanoma, if someone had said that to me, I would have replied, "Nothing real requires my belief."
If I say "Gravity is not real," I won't go flying off into space. If I say "The sun isn't real," I could still get a sunburn and die of melanoma like my brother did.
You obviously have no understanding of critical thinking or reality if you can ask such a silly question.
2007-07-18 08:10:31
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answered by YY4Me 7
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Cute. This sounds like wacko theists like Bush who slam stem cell research. Would such wackos refuse treatments developed based on such research? How many christians who hate science refuse all medical treatments developed by scientists?
To respond to your question, how foolish would someone have to be to believe such a person? Some religious wacko says that if I change my life and believe in god, he can cure a person. You seem to think that I should actually believe that the wacko might be serious. Although, it does make sense, since many theists here have suggested that believing is better than non believing on the very slim chance that there is a hell. What is the harm in believing, except for a life time of delusion?
2007-07-18 15:43:28
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answered by Fred 7
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Even if I told them I would believe in a god. It would just be lip service, you cannot change your beliefs in a second, just because someone asked you to.
Let me ask you, if your loved one lay dying, and someone came and said they could heal them, by chanting, and spraying special water on them, if only you believed in Mother Earth.
Could you change your current belief now, (in your christian god), immediately, to make it happen?
I didn't think so.
2007-07-18 15:00:59
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answered by Sapere Aude 5
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Ridiculous and stupid question. I sat in a room and watched my father die, your hypothetical is about the dumbest thing I have read here today.
I am an Atheist and do not have any requirements for delusional fantasies, you can keep them.
2007-07-18 16:04:05
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answered by Anonymous
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You can't make yourself believe something. So A. is not an option.
You could hope that that person could heal your loved one, and hope that there is a god. But you can't make yourself believe in one.
That is one thing that so many "believers" cannot understand about atheists. We don't choose not to believe in god, any more than you presumably don't choose not to believe in Santa Claus.
2007-07-18 14:59:16
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answered by Anonymous
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I would know they are a charlatan. A true compassionate healer would not add a condition like that. What does healing have to do with my belief, or lack there of?
2007-07-18 14:58:30
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answered by Shawn B 7
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i would tell them to go back to the insane ward
but i would let them try to heal my loved one because love will make you do crazy things, and then when my loved does die i will have an excuse to kill that wack job
2007-07-18 15:00:23
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answered by Anonymous
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You can't force belief. I would have to be honest and tell them I don't believe, and I couldn't force myself to, even if, as in this case, I really wanted to. I could fake it if they'd like.
2007-07-18 15:00:30
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answered by Anonymous
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If they were lying on a hospital bed, I'd go look for a doctor.
2007-07-18 14:55:49
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answered by Anonymous
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C. Know that they are full of it and let events happen as they happen and not think that an imaginary sky wizard cares about me or my loved one
2007-07-18 15:00:51
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answered by JerseyRick 6
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