Follow along for a moment and take in this fairy tale in which the reader asks, "so, what would you do?" as to draw out some imaginary and vicarious emotional and cognitive responses to a specific scenario.
It is the end of the world and God asks you, "I have tried many times and in different ways to convince you of my existence, yet you remained in disbelief." How would you explain yourself? I would like to know how you'd emotionally respond. Give me a short dialogue if you will..
2007-09-27 12:02:40 · 24 answers · asked by Pansy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"so much for your alleged omnipotence."
what, does god not have a sense of humor?
the point of these hypothetical scenarios is to evoke a sense of guilt for not believing in your unsupported fantasies. sorry, but i'm not buying it. if god was actually available for comment, none of this would be necessary.
2007-09-27 12:08:02 · answer #1 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why do religious people always ask hypothetical questions like this? I'll play along anyhow...
I would first ask what the one true religion is. Then, I'd ask how He has attempted to convince me and why he remains so mysterious in the way He attemps to do so. If He didn't respond or asked why I don't believe, I would say that there are numerous religions on Earth, each claiming to be the one true religion. Logically, if I had been born in a predominantly Hindu nation and raised as a Hindu, I would have likely believed in Hinduism (at least early on).
If, for the sake of argument, God said Christianity was the true religion, I would have argued that the Bible is full of contradictions or that it is followed very selectively.
Furthermore, I'd explain why I believed there were reasonable, if not more logical, alternative explanations for creation, the stories in the Bible, etc. I'd also ask why God allowed things like war, hunger, disease, etc. to exist and what is the purpose of these things.
2007-09-27 12:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by Freethinker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What part of "There is no afterlife" don't you understand? What part of "Original sin is a fraud" don't you understand? What part of "Sin is a fraud" don't you understand? What part of "Salvation is a fraud" don't you understand? With this farrago of wishful thinking, superstition and ancient unsupported assertions the existence of any god is almost a side issue. Even if a god showed up you still would have to show it wasn't Zeus or Quetzalcoatl. EDIT - What have these things got to do with the OT? With the exception of sin they are Christian inventions. The "mentally challenged" are not treated with contempt because they ask questions on Y!A. For one thing anyone capable of hooking up a computer and getting online, then using the site has a mentality in at least the "normal" range, whatever that is. Some are given a curt dismissal by atheists and others because they ask the same questions, over and over that could have been answered if they had only used the internal search facility which is nice and obviously placed at the top of the page and labelled "Search Y! Answers". Others are given the brush-off or something stronger because they are clearly being provocative. The same thing happens in other divisions of Y!A. I used to be on Astronomy and Space.a lot. I got sick to death of the idiot questions about doom in 2012, I have probably answered 1000 of those, why Pluto isn't a planet any more - even questions asking if it was still there, and dozens more asking if the Moon landing (they only know about one) was real. You can only put up with so much of this.
2016-05-20 02:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell him,
you certainly didn't do your job of convincing me of your existence. It was done through your loyal followers and even those of which used your "good name" to get what they wanted. If you really wanted to convince me you would have done it your very self or at least answer prayers that people had been asking for that involved helping everyone and not just certain ones. Through words and actions of your followers they had me convinced that you're about hate because of the hell they endlessly take such great pride in sending people to hell as if you gave them a badge and job to do so.
2007-09-27 12:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I had more time to contemplate the answer, I'm sure this would be much more eloquent. I would tell him I am truly sorry I rejected your attempts. I felt that I needed to follow my heart, whether right or wrong. I believe you gave me free will for a reason and I believe that I used it and all of your other gifts to their fullest. I have led an honest and moral life and hope that you can find it in your infinite wisom and understanding to accept that.
2007-09-27 13:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by lild304 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that I am a virtuous person. I am a loving individual. I am a loyal husband. I am a loving father. I care about the welfare of mankind. And if he didn't let me into heaven? I'd flip him the bird as I descended into hell, because I wouldn't want to live in a heaven that was partially occupied by assholes who were there only because they "believed".
2007-09-27 12:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by inrealtime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would simply reply by saying, "I have tried many times and in different ways to find you, yet you remained MIA." How do you think god would explain himself to me?
If god is all-knowing, he'd know exactly what I would need to believe. So I would ask him why he would rather see me burn in hell than simply giving me the one thing I needed to believe. I would ask how he justified torturing millions of his "children" just for the sake of his divinely-sized ego.
Who do you think will have more to answer for come judgment day?
2007-09-27 12:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen or heard of persecutions, pogroms, crusades, enslavements, torture, burning, robbery, abuse and more carried out in your name. Was that your message? If not, how did you deliver it? And how come so many Christians don't seem to have heard it, considering their selfish, arrogant, bigotted behavior? I've been trying to make the world a better place while they've been in church singing. Are you sure your transmitter was turned on?
2007-09-27 12:13:02 · answer #8 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, God, you haven't given me any convincing proof, let alone evidence. I won't hold it against you since you're my creator, but I really think that the inquisitive people down on Earth should be given actual, tangible evidence, not just some scripture written by some bronze age psychos.
2007-09-27 12:07:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
God: I have tried many times and in different ways to convince you of my existence, yet you remained in disbelief.
Me: Well the last you tried to prove your existence was when you sent JC and even so, most people didn't even think he was the real deal back then. You could have intervene when your only son was about to die ya know. I mean WTF? Who sends their own son to die for people who don't even believe in him?!
God: Burn blasphemer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Oh****!
2007-09-27 12:21:09 · answer #10 · answered by socrates 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋