If an angel came to your door and said 'I am an angel', would you find a scientific explanation for that? If God smashed your head with a note that said 'I am God' and then you looked up and He was in the sky smiling at you, would you have an explanation for that? Just curious.
P.S. Since I know its EXTREMELY hard for atheists to NOT be sarcastic,
2007-12-06 09:47:43 · 21 answers · asked by Terence W 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
....please try not to be sarcastic
2007-12-06 09:49:10 · update #1
Idiot.
See what I did there? I went for abuse since sarcasm was not allowed, shoulda thought about that before. Prove the supernatural, and I will accept it as a fact.
It's as simple as that. I will not worship god, I will not "believe in" him/her, but I will accept his/her existence. Prove it. And no, someone saying they are an angel is not proof of god, it's not even proof of angels.
And no, "look around" or beauty...or quoting the bible are not proofs. And no, philosophy isn't proof either.
2007-12-06 10:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there were a god, I would think it would be able to perform something truly miraculous if need be (in other words, completely unexplainable and outside the possibilities of the world as we know it).
If I had personal experience of a deity and I was certain I wasn't being duped (or gone nuts), then I would believe. I'd still like rational explanations for things, of course.
2007-12-06 17:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Honestly, it wouldn't take much convincing to get me to believe. But it seems that this amount of convincing is more than any religion I've found is capable of offering. Basically, I hold religion to the same standards to which I hold science and technology, but religion just can't reach the bar that science sets.
Suppose two people are in really desperate situations in traffic and need to get through a bunch of traffic lights fast. One uses subtle variations in frequency in an ambulance siren, and it consistently changes traffic lights for them because of some technological aspect that I don't completely understand. But it works, consistently, so I believe it. A religious person with a legitimate and pressing crisis might pray that the lights change. But this has no effect; lights don't appear to change more often than if they did nothing at all. So I don't believe that works.
If I really need to communicate with someone far away, I can try a couple of different methods. One, I can believe in quantum mechanics and electricity and fiberoptics and a lot of other things I can't see that make my computer and the Internet work, and I can instant message them. This works; I can talk to them later and verify that they knew exactly what I needed to communicate to them. Or I can pray that they know what they need to know, and talk to them later, and they won't have the vaguest idea of what I'm talking about. So I believe in quantum mechanics and electricity and fiberoptics, and I don't believe in the effectiveness of prayer.
The instant God begins showing a tiny fraction of the competence and consistency of science and technology, I'll start holding him in the same regard. But for now, he seems to fail to differentiate himself from any other form of superstition and mythology.
2007-12-06 18:00:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well it all depends on how it happens.
the red sea might split if george w nukes it
if a dude in styraphoam wings told me he was an angel id try to gett him some professional help
if god smashed me in the head with a note (hopefully not the tablets moses used) id be unconcious
however if he realy walked around and did miracles and stuff i would, being agnostic, say "blimey! god is real!" and go off and join some church or something
the real question is: why dosent he?
2007-12-06 17:57:56 · answer #4 · answered by Oliver H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When the Red Sea splits, when an angel comes to my door and says "I am an angel," when God smashes my head with a note that says "I am God" (LOL...sorry, just had to laugh at that one for a sec), then I suppose I'll believe in those phenomena.
None of that's happened, and it's all contrary to common sense and reason and the laws of physics, etc; so I'm justified in my skepticism.
I'm with St. Thomas. Those "who have not seen and who have believed" may be "blessed," but they aren't very bright.
2007-12-06 17:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
I've never seen anyone part any sea. Have you ? That's a made up story. I have JW's knock on my door, but no angels. But I did help a Hell's Angel fix a flat on his Harley.
Your post makes zero sense. Nor is it a "question"...
2007-12-06 17:59:04 · answer #6 · answered by TheCheatest902 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think God, if he's real, and wanted to convince them, would know what to do to convince them. Most likely it would involve several unnatural things happening at once, like raining donuts, marshmallow trees, and giant writing in the sky that didn't dissipate that appeared everywhere in the world at once and said "I am God".
2007-12-06 17:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Drugs and hallucinations to both examples. Seriously, want to prove god to us? how about getting the big guy himself to come down and cure some amputees in front of many people. It's not too much to ask, is it?
2007-12-06 17:54:16 · answer #8 · answered by Dashes 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you read the story of Epiphany, you will note that even then, some people only heard thunder. Others, however, heard God's voice. Please try to understand that faith is a gift. Cherish it. Lead others when they have a question and answer it honestly, without prejudice.
Peace be upon you.
2007-12-06 17:52:18 · answer #9 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hardly.
Atheists would look for an explanation. And be skeptical.
Whereas the believers being told that it was God would abandon their natural curiosity in favor of accepting magic.
That, my dear, is the difference.
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2007-12-06 17:55:25 · answer #10 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋