Just imagine one day someone could prove God existed. I am not sure how exactly. Maybe he would communicate with all people at the same time inside their mind. Or some crazy ass scientists develop a machine so that we can communicate with him.
I am atheist or agnostic. I think these two scenarios are absurdly unlikely and probably won't happen. I am not sure whether I should be agnostic or not. Maybe I should be careful with statements that claim to be the absolute truth. Maybe it is in general better for a person to remain a little bit of uncertainty. We cannot predict the future and we can be wrong with our statements. Ironically some atheists remind me of the papal infallibility when they want to prove that there was no God. Maybe this is a hot take. I am not fully sure whether this statement really contains truth. It was just a thought that I had.
I would probably be mad about this God. There are daily so many heinous crimes, wars and human right violations. If God exists why has he started something like that? This question evokes another question. Is God allmighty?I think the whole theodicy (question) is dedicated for that. For example: How could God let the holocaust happening? Why didn't he stop the Nazis?
Maybe there is a God but he isn't allmighty? Maybe he will punish these murderers in an afterlife? There are also way more explanations. I don't really believe them but I cannot falsify them. Maybe it also depends how we define God. Possibly he just have created the universe but he does not interact with it anymore.
Once I listened to a theologian who wanted to persuade people to believe in God. He said you can imagine the belief God as placebo. If you believe in him you will have benefits from that. People can find strength in their religion and overcome obstacles. I think this argument is only partly true. It claims there were only advantages you get when you believe in God. I have a lot of doubts about that. Though I acknowledge that faith can give people a lot of strength to overcome crises and can possibly contribute to a better society. In my country there are a lot of religious voluntary worker who help poor people for example.
However for me this is not really true. When I was influenced by my former religious faith I felt extremely scared about hell. I think my future suicide is pretty likely and I always was very scared about hell. It was a relief for me to lose my faith. It really helped to cope. No more nightmares about hell.
Nevertheless this topic is highly individual. I don't doubt that the faith in God can help a person. Not just me. Moreover I think religions always divided people. There were so many unncessary wars because of it. Though I am not sure whether atheists are more peacefully. People will always find a reason for war.
What do you think about this scenario? Which questions would you like to ask God?
I am atheist or agnostic. I think these two scenarios are absurdly unlikely and probably won't happen. I am not sure whether I should be agnostic or not. Maybe I should be careful with statements that claim to be the absolute truth. Maybe it is in general better for a person to remain a little bit of uncertainty. We cannot predict the future and we can be wrong with our statements. Ironically some atheists remind me of the papal infallibility when they want to prove that there was no God. Maybe this is a hot take. I am not fully sure whether this statement really contains truth. It was just a thought that I had.
I would probably be mad about this God. There are daily so many heinous crimes, wars and human right violations. If God exists why has he started something like that? This question evokes another question. Is God allmighty?I think the whole theodicy (question) is dedicated for that. For example: How could God let the holocaust happening? Why didn't he stop the Nazis?
Maybe there is a God but he isn't allmighty? Maybe he will punish these murderers in an afterlife? There are also way more explanations. I don't really believe them but I cannot falsify them. Maybe it also depends how we define God. Possibly he just have created the universe but he does not interact with it anymore.
Once I listened to a theologian who wanted to persuade people to believe in God. He said you can imagine the belief God as placebo. If you believe in him you will have benefits from that. People can find strength in their religion and overcome obstacles. I think this argument is only partly true. It claims there were only advantages you get when you believe in God. I have a lot of doubts about that. Though I acknowledge that faith can give people a lot of strength to overcome crises and can possibly contribute to a better society. In my country there are a lot of religious voluntary worker who help poor people for example.
However for me this is not really true. When I was influenced by my former religious faith I felt extremely scared about hell. I think my future suicide is pretty likely and I always was very scared about hell. It was a relief for me to lose my faith. It really helped to cope. No more nightmares about hell.
Nevertheless this topic is highly individual. I don't doubt that the faith in God can help a person. Not just me. Moreover I think religions always divided people. There were so many unncessary wars because of it. Though I am not sure whether atheists are more peacefully. People will always find a reason for war.
What do you think about this scenario? Which questions would you like to ask God?
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