Can you choose what you believe?

[Kasz216]

mesoteto said:

Kasz216 said:

mesoteto said:
^thats not true..if god were to come down from heaven and start up a conversation with an atheist are you telling me that wouldn't change their beliefs in a day?

Nope.

I'm not even an atheist... but if god came out of nowhere and started talking to me i'd expect he was some sort of hallucination/alien/guy from the future/dream etc.

what if he was able to perfomr feats of wonder and miracerls

 

Well, that doesn't rule out any of those things. After all, I can hallucinate miracles. Future/Alien technology could possible create things that look like miracles to me. For example, Jesus turning water to wine could always be some kind atom rearranger. While making lots of food where there used to be a little could be like a Star Trek replicator.

I mean god could likely make you believe it was him via god powers. But having a higher power over you who can make you believe something doesn't get in the way of free will in my book. Unless he actually does do it.

I was a born skeptic though... after all aside from "god power" making you believe he was god... the devil is also portrayed with similar powers, as are many other evil gods/daemons in other religions.