Ask an atheist (the second coming)

VRWCAgent said:
Just as a hypothetical, let's say you're wrong and God exists. What would you say to God after you die?
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"Why did you wait until after I was dead to show yourself to me and allow me to speak to you? By the way, are you the Christian God? Muslim? Hindu? Which religion was right? Were any?"

edit: additions:

"Are you going to judge me now? On what basis? Am I going to be judged by my deeds? Or as some religions claim, my belief or lack of it in your existence? If so, why is that important?"
 
VRWCAgent said:
Just as a hypothetical, let's say you're wrong and God exists. What would you say to God after you die?
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I'd want to know which of the religions got it right. As they say in Scotland, there can be only one.

Probably the Jews.

edit: Curse you Warpus!
 
Actually, I specifically left that open ended in the question, as well as gender, saying "God" instead of him/her in the second part.
 
VRWCAgent said:
Actually, I specifically left that open ended in the question, as well as gender, saying "God" instead of him/her in the second part.
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I think you should realize that (and this isn't in response to anything you have just said, but rather a more general statement) I wouldn't immediately assume that the creature standing in front of me was the Christian God, if I died and ended up standing in some sort of a Godly creature claiming to be God.

You are Christian so to you it is natural to assume that as the default God to appear to you after you die. I view all religions equally though (in some respects), so I would not assume that the God was Christian, Hindu, some religion I have never heard of, or perhaps even a God no religion on Earth worshipped.

As such, my questions would try to figure out which sort of God this was, which religion it was tied to - if any, and so on. After that was sorted out, I would ask about the implications of me being alive after death, the implications of me standing before God, and the implications of me not being a follower of the religion in question (whichever one it ended up being)

Hope that's the sort of answer you were looking for :)
 
If I were an Atheist, I would say "thanks".

My question in light of the last few post. How would an atheist describe the "image" of a Christian God?
 
VRWCAgent said:
Just as a hypothetical, let's say you're wrong and God exists. What would you say to God after you die?
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Ha, good question.

Winner: *crap* :cringe:
God: "I see you're surprised."
Winner: "Very."
God: "So, do you regret that you didn't believe in me?"
Winner: "No, not really. You see, you failed to provide any proof of your existence."
God: "Aren't you afraid I am now going to send you to Hell?"
Winner: "That depends on whether you call yourself a just god. I lived my life as well as I could, I tried never to hurt anyone or do harm to other people. If you think that my not believing in you is a reason enough to have me tortured forever, go ahead."
God: "Are you trying to shame me into letting you into heaven? You pathetic little worm, to Hell with you!"
Winner: "@#$$%^!!!"
God: "Ah hah hah, relax, I am just kidding. I like atheists, smart people, not like the religious sheep I am dealing with most of the time. They don't give me a rest, praying to me all the time, expecting me to help them with their pathetic little problems... you wouldn't believe the crap they want from me sometimes. And when they get here, they're usually so scared that they can't even speak, and do all kinds of ridiculous things. The guy who came before you tried to kiss my feet, I had to have him sedated. The fundamentalist nutcases are the worst - they actually expect me to reward them for being brain dead idiots. I usually send them to Hell for a few years, you know, just for them to get a new perspective on life... so to speak.
Anyway, here's your permit. Show it to the angel in the next room, she'll take you to the Atheist quarter (ha ha) and show you around. If you're interested, the tour of neighbouring star systems begins next week, so sign up if you feel like it.
Winner: "Wow. Thanks."
God: "Don't mention it." *Next!*

;)
 
I'd say "what's with all the appearing on toast thing?"
 
I would just expect to see Jesus, if the Christian God really existed and showed himself to me after I died.

After all, the other 2 parts of the trinity don't make sense. The spirit (or whatever it is) is a spirit, and God the elder is not really defined, and has been said to kill if you look at him, like Medusa.
 
Yeah, it would suck to be killed again after death.
 
And how to you imagine Jesus? Like the late John Lennon?
 
VRWCAgent said:
Just as a hypothetical, let's say you're wrong and God exists. What would you say to God after you die?
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I don't think that I would assume the experience I was having was a meeting with God. I think I'd assume I was having a sort of near-death-experience sort of event, wherein the brain is struggling to make sense of the erratic patterns of neuron firings and neuron non-firings. I think I'd assume the experience was an artifact of wetware malfunction.

I underline the word 'think' to emphasize that I really have no way of predicting how i'd react. I'm basing most of this on what I know about how the brain works (modular) and Carl Sagan's ideas about near death experiences from Dragons of Eden (or was it Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors?)
 
Leoreth said:
And how to you imagine Jesus? Like the late John Lennon?
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Arab-like.

Winner's in for a shock :p

Jesus: "Hi Winner"
Winner: "Oh for the love of ..."
Jesus: "Careful now, or you won't get your virgins".
Winner: "What? No way!"
Jesus: "Yeah, dad's a bit misogynistic"
Winner: "This can't be happening!"
Jesus: "It's not. It's just a dream"
Capt. Kirk: "Quite a weird dream as well, you have issues"

Wait. What was the question again?
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Arab-like.

Winner's in for a shock :p

Jesus: "Hi Winner"
Winner: "Oh for the love of ..."
Jesus: "Careful now, or you won't get your virgins".
Winner: "What? No way!"
Jesus: "Yeah, dad's a bit misogynistic"
Winner: "This can't be happening!"
Jesus: "It's not. It's just a dream"
Capt. Kirk: "Quite a weird dream as well, you have issues"

Wait. What was the question again?
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I always thought the virgins thing was a part of Islam and not Christianity? Anyway, here are some questions from someone who is Christian(ish) but has religious doubts:

1. Who is your favorite Atheist? Mine is Douglas Adams.

2. Were you always an Atheist or did you start to become one at some point? If the latter, details would be cool.

3. Does being an Atheist make you sad that you will cease to exist after you die, or happy because you can do things strict religious people couldn't do, and not have to worry about punishment after you die?

Sorry for so many questions, but religion is topic that fascinates me, even though I'm only about half-religious myself.
 
So, now the Abrahamic God is polytheistic?

How does one think the brain can survive after death?

If anything, what does survive after death?
 
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