Question for atheists

[CKent]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: CKent
Most atheists are either rebelling kids or are angrily exorcising themselves of religious indoctrination.

Older than 25 zippy. Raised a Catholic and attended 12 years of Catholic schools. What I outgrew is the fairy tales. I outgrew Santa Claus. I outgrew the Easter Bunny. I outgrew the Tooth Fairy. I outgrew the boogieman, old women who live in shoes and cats in hats. I also outgrew invisible magical men who live in the sky. Good luck getting there yourself someday. Remember, there once were people who believed in Apollo and Zeus, Thor and Odin, Jupiter and Juno, Anu and Gilgamesh, Ra and Osiris. You laugh at them because their beliefs were based on fear and were passed down from one uneducated superstitious fool to another one that didn't know any better. That's PRECISELY why we laugh at you. You're not even smart enough to know that your fairy tales were stolen directly from those fairy tales. At least their fairy tales were original creations. Yours are just cheap copies.

Thanks for clearing that up.

By the way, I'd suggest rereading my posts, you missed something pretty big.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Arcadio

Originally posted by: walrus
Let's say that Jesus doesn't comes back to our Earth tomorrow. What would you say about this event?

I would just keep waiting, just like I've been doing so far..

And I'd say that you're going to die without seeing him.
In fact, I'd say that 5 trillion people will die without seeing him.
More than that, in fact.

God's just messin' wit' ya! Having fun.
"Yeah, Jesus is like, totally coming back! Tee hee, tee hee.....suckers."

 

[Madwand1]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I would just keep waiting, just like I've been doing so far..

And you would probably miss him again, as evidenced by this thread.

 

[Mide]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
This is not a parody thread. It is a legitimate question posed by me, inspired by that other thread. This is absolutely serious, not a joke.

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and that there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God. What would atheists say about this event? Would they accept there is a God, or would they come up with weird quantum fluctuation explanations for such an event?

First off he would have to prove to me that he was the son of god. Next, I would want to see what he was after. Does he want people to worship him? What would be the purpose of his arrival. Assuming that all of the Biblethumpers are correct, atheists everywhere would already be screwed because we did not go over to the dark side prior to Jesus getting here.

If I was wrong, I would say "well that sucks for me then hu?"

 

[esun]

I'm not sure what you mean by zero doubt. Do you mean that nobody on earth has any doubts, despite any lack of evidence? Or do you mean that there is an overwhelming amount of evidence (e.g., he cures illness, turns water into wine, flies, kills himself only to come back, etc., all witnessed by credible sources) that shows he is really a supernatural being? If the former, then no, I would not accept that it was anything supernatural (unless of course I'm one of those without doubts, in which case the point is moot). In the latter case, sure I'd believe he was supernatural. However, I likely wouldn't believe him to be necessarily the Christian God versus any other supernatural being unless there was some strong reason to believe he was a specific supernatural being.

 

[senseamp]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
This is not a parody thread. It is a legitimate question posed by me, inspired by that other thread. This is absolutely serious, not a joke.

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and that there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God. What would atheists say about this event? Would they accept there is a God, or would they come up with weird quantum fluctuation explanations for such an event?

Your question has contradiction/redundancy within. If there is "zero doubt that it is really the Son of God" then that implies that everyone, including atheists "accept there is a God."
Please practice logic before debating atheists. Thanks.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
This is not a parody thread. It is a legitimate question posed by me, inspired by that other thread. This is absolutely serious, not a joke.

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and that there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God. What would atheists say about this event? Would they accept there is a God, or would they come up with weird quantum fluctuation explanations for such an event?

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and he said that he is not the Son of God. What would religious people say about this event? Would they accept there is no God, or would they come up with weird explanations saying that this Jesus is fake and hold on to their precious religion?

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Arcadio
This is not a parody thread. It is a legitimate question posed by me, inspired by that other thread. This is absolutely serious, not a joke.

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and that there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God. What would atheists say about this event? Would they accept there is a God, or would they come up with weird quantum fluctuation explanations for such an event?

Your question has contradiction/redundancy within. If there is "zero doubt that it is really the Son of God" then that implies that everyone, including atheists "accept there is a God."
Please practice logic before debating atheists. Thanks.

Will do. Thanks for contributing.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Arcadio
This is not a parody thread. It is a legitimate question posed by me, inspired by that other thread. This is absolutely serious, not a joke.

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and that there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God. What would atheists say about this event? Would they accept there is a God, or would they come up with weird quantum fluctuation explanations for such an event?

Your question has contradiction/redundancy within. If there is "zero doubt that it is really the Son of God" then that implies that everyone, including atheists "accept there is a God."
Please practice logic before debating atheists. Thanks.

nail.. into coffin
/thread

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
This is not a parody thread. It is a legitimate question posed by me, inspired by that other thread. This is absolutely serious, not a joke.

Let's say that Jesus comes back to our Earth tomorrow, and that there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God. What would atheists say about this event? Would they accept there is a God, or would they come up with weird quantum fluctuation explanations for such an event?

---I would grieve for His death after His followers kill Him for not agreeing with their dogma.

 

[LtPage1]

Why do we get one of these stupid threads every couple of months? And why, like an awful and bloody trainwreck, do I always feel the need to read and contribute to them?

Why do I need a reason to believe in God/Jesus/the Bible? You certainly don't. So if there really was zero doubt as to the divinity of Christ, etc., then of course I'd believe. That's what zero doubt means. Short of witnessing an undeniable miracle and having God himself tell me that Yes, He Really Is Up There, I'd be pretty damn skeptical of some guy claiming to be the messiah. Of course.

I don't have a reason NOT to believe in your religion- there just isn't any reason TO believe in it. You've decided to circumvent that little issue by just believing in it. For whatever reason, I wasn't brought up/I haven't developed into the kind of person who's able to just click "wholehearted belief in the unprovable" on or off at will.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Well, the only thing God could do to remove any shadow of a doubt, is to remove my ability to doubt in the first place. So, even if I saw a robed man descend from the sky, walk on water, cure the sick, end world hunger and tell me face to face that he is Jesus, it is entirely conceivable for me to still doubt its truth. I could in fact be hallucinating, or could be an alien with extremely advanced science, or even still that he is the antichrist sent to deceive me. Proof, in its strictest and complete sense is nigh impossible.

For the record, I believe in God at least, by the simple fact that I choose to.

 

[railer]

i have not read one response in this thead, but anyone who continues to believe that there is no god when "there is zero doubt that it is really the Son of God" is an idiot and should endure eternal suffering at the hand of aforementioned God.

Having said that: Religion is a crock, IMO. All of it. I suppose I'm an agnostic rather than an atheist. All I really know is that I don't know. And no one else knows either, but they all think that they do and that scares me.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D.

/Adams