Ito all atheists?

Question

If God reveals himself to you, what would be your reaction?
would you ask for repentance?
and would you then be interested in learning about the 3 major religions to know more?

i will diane : )...atleast your interested ehh..thats a a start

@ the dude...by reveal i mean, he would appear in front of u...thats what most of the atheists mentioned in my other question

at the dude...there wont be any conversations...it would be like u spotting an "extinct" creature and you would know he is God....what would be your reaction: short term and long term?

its ok Diane : ), i rather die a fool

Answer 1

1. You'd have to define "reveal" -- what would that be?

2. Not unless it were apparent that the revealed God not only proved his own existence, but also said such a thing was required.

3. I would think if God were to reveal himself to me, I would already know everything there is to know about him, but then again, maybe I'm misunderstanding your use of the word of "reveal".

EDIT: Well, were that to happen, I would probably assume I was hallucinating. Supposing I had some way of verifying that God was really anthropomorphizing himself before me, I assume it would be something of an epiphany, wouldn't it? Why would I need religion if I had a face-to-face conversation with God?

EDIT 2: If I understand you, you're saying that God would reveal himself to me, but offer no details about himself. I would at a minimum be curious as to why God would reveal his own existence, but fail to reveal anything about himself to me. So at that point, assuming I were positive that God had revealed himself to me, I would probably investigate religion in a different light.

Answer 2

If that actually happened, I would believe. Then I would probably ask which religion, if any, is close to being correct. I wouldn't assume that any of the world's religions are correct.

I would admit error, but I don't think I have to repent my disbelief. That is simply a reasonable conclusion given current evidence. It's OK to change my conclusion based on new evidence. I would ask why he has withheld evidence for so long.

As far any of my actions which have harmed others, I think it is more important to deal with the people I have harmed. Nothing I have done has harmed God at all. I think asking forgiveness from an unharmed 3rd party is wrong. The only ones who have the right to forgive are the ones who were harmed.

Of course this is very much a hypothetical question. I find it highly unlikely this will occur.

Answer 3

Occam's Razor. The simplest explanation is likely the most accurate. God would have to prove that he is god, not someone with technology beyond my understanding. In absence of a compelling reason to believe that the revealer is "god," then I would continue to disbelieve.

Even should this god critter prove to me that it is actually god. I would spit on it. The Abrahamic god is cruel and evil. I want nothing to do with it. What "loving" god would slaughter 43 boys simply for calling its prophet "baldy?"

As for learning more about the 3 major religions, I did so. The Abrahamic religions were simple enough. There's a lot out there on them. Hinduism was more difficult to learn about because of the complexity. It's a bit alien for someone from a monotheistic culture. Buddhism was lovely. I converted.

Answer 4

God would have a difficult time convincing me that's he's not an hallucination or symptom of a serious mental illness, chemical imbalance, drug effect, etc. If all tests proved negative God would have a really difficult time convincing me he's not a human being with some sort of technology unknown to me or an alien with similar technology or eerie powers. Finally you'd have to convince me I wasn't inside The Matrix, which I think would be impossible. Do you understand me: The Matrix is more plausible an explanation for weird things that happen to you than a supreme being!

Answer 5

If god reveals himself, I would probably say "hey god, how's it hangin' dude"

I wouldn't ask for repentance unless he told me to 'or else'. Why should I? I haven't done anything to hurt him, nor is that even possible if he's omni-whatnot.

I already know more about Christianity than most Christians, have less than zero interest in Islam, and am much too lazy to learn about Buddhism beyond a shallow comprehension.

Answer 6

NO G_D! No gods. Studied all three religions, [studied more religions then I care to discuss]. They are all the same. NO GOD....s... Studied civilizations and Western and Egyptian cultures - and NO GOD /s..... All man made.. ....

Fear causes many theories including gods....Unanswerable questions and fear of the unknown is man's way of creating gods....however, in this day and age we know better and we deny the knowledge.

Repentance? A foolish idea based on fear and unworthiness. Repentance is a dogma made by men for men, no more - no less. Your religions demand your unworthiness and loathsomeness. It is a horrible way to go thru life feeling you must repent to something that does not exist.

Answer 7

I probably know more about the 3 major religions than you do. If God did reveal himself to me I would tell him exactly what I think of him, which isn't much. Why on earth would a "good" God allow all of this crap to go on? Why would he be so obtuse and allow so many people to be in darkness? Am I kinder and more moral than God?

Answer 8

If god reveals himself to me my reaction would be to call out just how high is the fever I am running.

Would I ask for repentance? Yes, I would repent for even worshiping in the first place.

Your last question is what sets me straight on one track how imperfect it all is.

Answer 9

If God actually showed up and proved himself to be what he claimed to be, then I would have no choice but to accept its existence.

However...that is a long, long way from worshipping it. Furthermore, it would have a lot of questions to answer before I considered even respecting it much less asking for repentance for having commited the horrible sin of being born human.

And I'm quite familiar with the Abrahamic delusions, thanks.

Answer 10

if byt reveal you mean physically appear in front of me and sit down and have a conversation with me i would ask for the truth and upon learning truth i would then decide whether or not to repent. if god were an evil fascist deity like in the bible i would fight him but if he wasn't i would repent. if by reveal you mean the bible or jesus or other bull then no.