If God were proven....

[frosty]

One of the most common things I hear atheist speakers say is that if God were proven, they would believe in him. Reasonable, but I'm more interested in whether or not you would worship him.

I think that if God was proven, most religious people wouldn't believe in him.

Religions tend to be reflections of the people that claim belief.  Have you ever noticed that interpretations of holy books tend to back up exactly what the religious person wants?  

Homophobic? (to pick a topic at random)  The religious person can say "It's not my fault, it's what my god commands."  I doubt they would give up such a way of thinking easily.

I have indeed noticed how "God" seems to always agree with the people claiming his existence. The very same people claiming his existence always seem to believe that "God" agrees with everything they say and do, and the stench of arrogance that comes off of them implies that they had to really self-convince themselves of their beliefs before they "went public" with them.

But I'm just an Atheist heathen, so what do I know?

[Hijiri Byakuren]

In my case, the proof would have to be pretty overwhelming before I'd even consider it. In an age of CGI and ultra realistic special effects, the proof would have to be extraordinary.

If he was all powerful, he could just make you believe :D

But what if he does so selectively just to fuck with us? :shock:

[dawiw]

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[Rex Rgis Verum]

Believe - I'd have to if there was empirical evidence.
Worship - Neither my ego nor my code would allow it.

[GalacticBusDriver]

Good people of the atheist forums! If God existed, would you worship him(or her, or it)?

I would fear him, if he was as described in the buy-bull.
I might respect him, if he were as Odin is described in the Thor movies.
I might even like him and go out with him to the local mead hall to hang out, if he were as Thor is described in the Thor movies.

Worship? Never!

[GSOgymrat]

If God were real I would do whatever it wanted because I wouldn't have choice. You can't have a being that controls everything and knows past and future and believe you have a options. Anything less would not be God.

[Insult to Rocks]

If God were real I would do whatever it wanted because I wouldn't have choice. You can't have a being that controls everything and knows past and future and believe you have a options. Anything less would not be God.

Another good point. What I have been seeing is that the definition of God is far to abstract and ill-defined to make a very effective judgment regarding it's properties or desires. Sounds like a good forum project maybe. Voting on what the forum considers to be the definition of god in terms of general religion. I know I've seen many accomplished speakers and writers struggle to define it.

[FrankDK]

> I have indeed noticed how "God" seems to always agree with the people claiming his existence.

'You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.' — Anne Lamott

Frank

[baddogma]

I would never worship the God of the bible. These knees shall never bend.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

I would never worship the God of the bible. These knees shall never bend.

:D Haven't seen you post in a while! You must have a life or something.

If God were proven to exist he would have to do some major explaining, especially any the Abrahamic God. Otherwise no, I couldn't worship him and feel like an ethical person.

[Plu]

If God were real I would do whatever it wanted because I wouldn't have choice. You can't have a being that controls everything and knows past and future and believe you have a options. Anything less would not be God.

Another good point. What I have been seeing is that the definition of God is far to abstract and ill-defined to make a very effective judgment regarding it's properties or desires. Sounds like a good forum project maybe. Voting on what the forum considers to be the definition of god in terms of general religion. I know I've seen many accomplished speakers and writers struggle to define it.

That'd be pointless since we don't believe in that god anyway. Any god we define would be rejected by the religious, who don't want their god to be defined because anything defined can be torn down.

[Insult to Rocks]

I mean just for reference in the forums, so that when we bring up the general non-denomination god we have a unified definition. It kinda causes a lot of problems. Lots of people still think Einstein was religion because he used the term god, even though it had a completely different meaning to him.

[dontknow99]

depends what god it is

[Krisyork2008]

Someone mentioned a couple pages ago that you can't prove your great great etc grandfather existed? Well, sure you can. All the evidence you need is that you exist. You need a female's egg and a male's sperm to make a fetus, without one there will be no life. If you exist, you most definitely had two parents. If they exist, they each had two parents. So on and so forth. Logical proof.

Also, if god existed as some living being, extremely powerful compared to us but still limited in all aspects, I think he would be worthy of admiration, but certainly not worship. I like that approach towards god, rather deistic. Like, he's out there somewhere working hard every day to keep the balance of what he and maybe his society sees as good and evil.

[ApostateLois]

If a god of some sort revealed itself to be real, I would acknowledge its reality, but I don't see why it would want to be worshiped. I think that idea evolved from ancient kings and emperors who demanded the undying adoration of their subjects, who would be put to death if they didn't comply. They couldn't imagine the ultimate authority figure, God, being any different than earthly rulers.

Skeletal Atheist, I love your mummy facepalm avatar!