Couldn’t have seen that coming.
Of course, if some super-powered being claimed that the Jews killed Jesus, it would show that he was a liar and not to be trusted in general, regardless of whether or not kryptonite had en effect on him.
Many folks have already answered along the same lines as I would answer Marmite Lover’s hypothetical in the OP:
I’d wonder how the levitation/descent trick had been done. See, I know that magic tricks and special effects exist. I do NOT know–and am extremely skeptical–that gods, least of all the Bible God, exist.
So I would yawn, and wait for James Randi or Michael Shermer to replicate the whole thing at Dodgers Stadium next week.
I would do the only reasonable thing a person could do. I’d grab my obsidian knife, subdue the nearest human being I could find, cut his heart out, and offer it, still beating, to the Gods!!
why, I’ll call the GodBusters, obviously
My man AClockworkMelon’s [thread=561663] thread about knocking off a God. [/thread].
Why do people pretend that they can’t imagine a crazy scenario? Just because you don’t believe in God, doesn’t mean you can’t pretend that Jesus just dropped out of the sky. And if you can’t pretend that, what is the point of posting in a thread that wants you to pretend that?
The point is to try to help Marmite Lover understand that the hypothetical scenario s/he posited is not anything that any of us will ever have to worry about. It is laughably ridiculous on its face, and is not at all the sort of challenge to atheists that s/he obviously thinks it is.
Besides, nobody here said that they “can’t imagine” it. They simply refused to play into Marmite’s thinly-veiled theistic argumentum ad baculum, preferring instead to call him/her out on the stupidity of the proposed scenario.
I can imagine it; I just can’t take it seriously. Not to mention that pages of responses that boil down to “well, the universe is controlled by an invincible, mind reading evil being, so I burn forever” are boring and depressing.
No, I love all of the hilarious, over the top mockery. I think that is funny as hell. I’m talking about serious responses like this:
Which you have to admit, Cyningablod, definitely is stating that he can’t (or won’t) imagine it.
Well, given that any simple “illusionist” can perform a levitation trick, I wouldn’t be convinced.
As for the images of hell, have you seen Avatar? High definition completely fictional entities. If James Cameron can do it, why should I believe this new guy?
Wait a minute…Jesus Christ…James Cameron…J.C. I have seen hell, and it is Pandora!
I think that many such answers came from this sentence in the OP :
I’d be skeptical, If god and jesus want to come have a few beers and explain that they’re real I’d be happy to listen, I’d certainly want them to explain why I should worship them though. I’m an atheist because there is no evidence, if there was evidence i’d be happy to reassess my beliefs, but i still don’t think i’d become a christian or join a religion.
I wonder why kanicbird’s god has to judge anyone if he knows all things, and knew ahead of time how they would turn out! Does this God get a kick out of creating a being with flaws, then punish them because of it?
Would somebody like to swap seats with me?
Please?
That would be a great twist for a remake of The Warriors.
Ah. I see, clairobscur. Leaffan’s answer makes more sense in that context. I think that kind of sentence would encourage some defensive answers, and I did read the OP and don’t know how I missed that sentence.
Pfft. Might as well ask our reactions if Candle Jack turned out to be real (which, as we know, is complete nonse
They’re dropping like flies. Can I have his seat?
Amen.
It’s a what if people!
I’m an atheist, but I can answer the what if; heck, I could answer “What if pi were actually found to be exactly 3?”.
So anyway, my answer is that I’m not sure I could ever believe what I was seeing.
Many of the properties of god, particularly as depicted in the “Abrahamaic” faiths, are irrational, contradictory and fit the pattern of (human-invented) myths IMO.
So I’d assume it was a trick, or I’ve lost my mind, or the world is a simulation etc.
If there is fire raining from the sky, rivers of blood etc, I’d probably be shit-scared and I’d say whatever Mr God wants.
But privately, I’d still reject it; it would still make no sense to me.
Aim for the bald spot.