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What would you do if it were proven that God didn't exist?

Cieza

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Now before we start, this is purely speculative. I don't care what it would take to prove it, let's just say theoretically that it was proven.

I'm curious what people's reactions would be in such a situation; what would you do? Burn your bible, resist, assume it's a sham? I'm simply curious that's all.

Ken
If it were proven God did not exist, I would want an understanding of what the term "God" meant when it was revealed that God did not exist.

Then I would engage Christians in dialog to continue to get a better understanding of why they thought God did exist.
 
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If it were proven God did not exist, I would want an understanding of what the term "God" meant when it was revealed that God did not exist.

Then I would engage Christians in dialog to continue to get a better understanding of why they thought God did exist.


How would you go about getting getting this understanding?

also, would you only engage christians or would you engage other believers as well?

Ken
 
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How would you go about getting getting this understanding?

also, would you only engage christians or would you engage other believers as well?

Ken
I would engage anyone who believed in the existence of omniscience or omnipotence.
 
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I have always thought that Christianity has been the one thing that has kept the worst society has to offer at bay. (Look at the dark ages, crusades, the inquisition and all of the other things that have been done in the name of God) Now remove that filter, and the morally neutral will have to hide themselves from us whom are currently being restrained by God. Or in your scenario the idea of Him and accountability.

At least I know this to be true for me. It is not society nor it's punishments I fear. It is the one who can destroy the body and the soul that keeps me in check. Remove ultimate accountability and it's on.

Without the presence of God we wouldn't even know the word immorality. Without God it would be impossible to be a "better person" only with Gods help can a person change! I don't do the right thing because God is watching, I do the right thing because God has taught me and helps me to do the right thing! Yes, without God I am a monster! With God I am a better person and I am not on a leash. Without God this world would be hell!

I would probably continue on the self destructive path that I was on before I found God and He showed me His unconditional love and grace. Separated from my husband (probably divorced by now) ruining other ppls marriage, popping pills and drinking while my mom was raising my four kids. Hmmmm thanks for the reminder of how great God is and how He has completely turned my life around! .

Actually, if it were proven that we are all just animals with no more value than any other animal, I can assure you that the world would fall into complete chaos. The only reason there are laws or values not to kill, steal, commit adultery, molest children, lie, cheat, or many others is because we hold ourselves to a higher morality than the animal kingdom. If we were just mutated apes who only have feelings and consciences because of some random chemical bursts, then what separates us from the laws of the animal kingdom such as kill each other to protect our turf or to claim a female, steal from others to feed ourselves or our families, sleep with multiple partners not caring about the feelings of our current partner, have sex with children as soon as they are old enough to breed no matter how wide the age gap, and every other action formerly considered "Sin". Who would decide the laws when everyone decides for themselves what's right and wrong? For instance if marriage is changed from one man and one woman to accommodate two men or two women, then why not one man and 2 women or one woman and 2 men or 2 women and 10 men or 5 men and 100 women or any combination of men and women. Or why can't pedophiles get rights to be with children if the children agree to it? They are just animals anyway so why should they have rights? Would you keep a tom cat from mating with a kitten? And then why can't a human mate with an animal? We are all animals anyway, where is the natural law that tells us we can't?

If morality goes out the window, what kind of world will we be living in? All groups will fight for rights to live according to their own fetishes, claiming that it's who they are and you have no right to discriminate against them. God gave us laws to create order. Everyone thinks differently and if everyone has the right to live as they wish, that is chaos.

The philosophy of the Church of Satan (who claim to be an atheist organization who use the name Satan to represent anti christian philosophy)
is that we are all nothing but animals and therefore should revert back to our primal instincts, only thinking of ourselves and only helping those who are strong and deserve our help and weed out the weak. This is the philosophy of the survival of the fittest and what we are looking at if we shed our Christian influences and create a completely scientific society. The Book and movie A Brave New World is about such a scientific society and very little of that book is yet to come to pass, it describes the world we are living in almost perfectly. The only thing missing is a dictatorship with forced sterilization and government control of reproduction but it's the logical next step in the fight for population control which is now controlled by pro abortion propaganda...


I guess if it were proven that God doesn't exist, I would set up reeducation camps for former christians who think they can now go on the rampage. They would have to be taught to live by the golden rule like us godless sinners. It sounds like some of you are evil psychopaths only held in check by God. Does He know you guys are just rarin' to go medieval on society?
 
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