A hypothetical situation - God pays you a visit?

Question

For my atheist friends, let's first ASSUME there IS a God. Let's take it from there...
Suppose God visits you and tells you that you have been chosen to perform a special task. You have to come up with an action plan which can help bring Christians, Jews and Muslims together in tolerance. It would be a very long-term plan but you have to take the first, meaningful step.
What would you suggest?

Answer 1

Speak in terms of ideals and principles only. No books no names and no buzz words. Find the things we all share as human beings and procede from there

Answer 2

First of all I would apologize to God for questioning his existence as an agnostic.

Then I would tell him that I'd need a little help from him on this, if he wouldn't mind. Mere mortals couldn't possibly be charged with an impossible task like this.

Come to think of it, I'd probably ask why he, as the all-mighty creator, made all the different holy books that contradict one another and turned man against man in the first place. Much of the intolerance and war in the world stems from religious differences, after all.

Now, if he told me that he's God and that that's his business, I guess it would have to be good enough. He's the creator, after all; who would I be to argue with his design?

I guess my suggestion would be that he give the world some sort of sign that I was actually visited by God (because who would believe me otherwise?), and was actually on a mission from him. That would be the first step. I don't think we'd get very far without something like that.

Answer 3

I'm not the omniconizant, omnipotent being.

Why in Zarquon's name is he coming to me for advice?


Make a personal appearance to the top 20 religious leaders of the world and tell them to stop the fighting.

A lightning bolt hitting anyone instigating religious violence.

Put in an appearance at the next winter Olympics and carve his message into the mountain in 20 Ft high 10 Ft deep letters.

Answer 4

merely the choice. One, intercourse does not have the excellent emphasis which you're putting on it in certainty. we are actually not creatures based on intercourse, it somewhat is concern to us and we shop that choose below administration (in maximum circumstances). to respond to the 1st question, particular, the Christian might (could) quit having premarital intercourse. merely like if an alcoholic, a drug abuser, or any sinful guy or woman got here to Christ and had to truly persist with Christ, then they might could supply up the way of existence of sin, no remember what the sin is. because of the fact premarital intercourse is sinful, that would additionally quit. If that determination brought about for the different guy or woman to bypass away them, then so be it. anybody that comes into every physique else's existence is there for a reason, besides as no longer there for a reason. i understand particularly some people who've develop into based in a relationship and that they turn in direction of their better half to end them and to fulfill their needs, fairly of turning to God. So on a similar time as being single is sometime lonely and sorrow crammed (i understand from adventure), it could additionally supply you greater time to dedicate to God and aspects the prospect to furnish Him your finished heart (some thing else i understand from adventure). working example, the automobile I had earlier my new one now, it develop right into a ninety seven grand am and not the suitable of automobiles. I had problems with it approximately each and every 5 months. It develop into previous; I prayed and prayed for a sparkling automobile. Did i'm getting one? Nope. no longer for greater or less 3 years, in line with danger 4. I saved praying in spite of the incontrovertible fact that. the two way, the hot automobile that I unquestionably have now, i've got had for 2 weeks and that i contemplate whether i might like and get excitement from the automobile now, as much as I do, if i does not have suffered a lot in the different one. i think of the comparable could be mentioned some important different. in case you under no circumstances have adventure loneliness, are you able to truly, thoroughly adventure fullness, no longer understanding what the different is? Curtis

Answer 5

I would tell it to come up with a better plan... like say appear to everyone at once. I mean look at what the old plan has done throughout human history. Sending a prophet just screws things up more... If this imaginary being would just appear to EVERYONE once every thousand years or so it would be enough to end the debate.

Answer 6

I'd suggest that God drop a few more hits of acid just because the doctrines mentioned will NEVER tolerate one another completely

Answer 7

I'd say you're God, just do it, the injustice in this world disgusts me. Or I'd organise a charity event and they would all try to outdo each other, at least that way someone can benefit from their intolerance to each other

Answer 8

I'd ask God if I could smoke some of what He's been smoking, cause the christians jews and muslims will NEVER live in peace.

Answer 9

I would suggest God to repeat what he just did and visit EVERY Christian, Jew and Muslim to tell them what he wanted. Surely THAT is what a God would have done — if it DID exist and wanted every man to get his Word STRAIGHT! Why oblige them to believe ME (or "prophets" or "holy books" or...), if HE HIMSELF could do it better, faster and surer? ;-)

Answer 10

I think I would start by hanging out in Religion & Spirituality on Yahoo! Answers.