John2290 said:
An as an atheist what would your thoughts be if tomorrow, Gods existence was proven to an absolute, irrefutable scientific fact and only that, nothing changes, e are still in the dark not knowing intention or lack of...and somehow you were the only one outside of academia told and shown proof, would you still believe a lack of God? Would you wish God had created an afterlife? Would you change anything about your character? Would you feel disturbed or relieved or horrified? I'm curious here, please share. |
Two things:
1: Regarding your original premise. I care about the existence of god just as much as I care about the existence of Zeus or other imaginary beings, that is; is don't care about them at all. The reason why it's important to challenge people's beliefs though, is because I DO care about if we have people in the world with great power who believe in imaginary beings.
2: Regarding the premise you set forth in your answer above. Well, if we were to prove the existence of an entity we could call "god" then I would be excited for it. I would still be an atheist since I obviously wouldn't have to believe in the existence of a god considering it being a part of our natural world. But the question then arises: Who's god is it? Not even Christians are in agreement about what "God" is so how would you know that it is God you have identified and not just a very powerful being, capable of doing what looks like incredible things? The problem with belief in a creator occurs when you try to claim that it has a physical connection with our world. If it is only a way for you to reach peace of mind, then it is only a part of your imagination. But the moment you claim it's existence, the burden of proof lands on you and I expect you to form and hypothesis and try to show the existence of this creature.
