If there is a God, he/she has a cosmic sense of humor.

Well if it came to that . I would say to him you created everything including the horrible childhood you let me live though and the aftermath of being brainwashed.
You destroyed my freewill when it came to believing in you.
But you the all powerful, merciful god allowed this to happen. I was an innocent child and you did nothing.
In there are millions of innocent children you allow to suffer from sick demented minds to traumatize us . Sorry god you created the damage in my mind that is not reversible , it’s your doing and you should be held responsible for me and the millions that still suffer as we speak.

My favorite question. I can usually easily shut them up just by asking, "Which God?"

If there is a God and when I die I go in front of him..it... her... whatever it is.....and it says... you never believed in me so off to Hell you go... I would say... well you created me so you knew me before I was born and you also knew how my life would end up.. but yet you let me go thru this circus to just let me stand here and you get your jollies sending me to Hell....what kind of joker would do this????? This is not LOVE it’s a very sick minded GOD!!!!!!

Then hopefully it will kinder than the gods in the imagination of humans.

I know many people who are absolutely convinced that they will go to heaven. If I had to spend eternity with most of them I think I'd be in Hell.

Valhalla sounds like much more fun than Heaven.

I give the simple, short answer.... if I am wrong , than that fucker is going to have a lot to answer for when I get there....

Honestly, I'm pretty well convinced that if there really is a God that it made us who and what we are. According to scripture if he didn't like how he made people he shouldn't have made them as willful as they are if he wanted them to follow. He should have made sure they were more resistant to the negative and destructive behaviors. I also feel that if one did exist, at least in accord with scripture, that it has turned it's back on this world a long time ago. If their is, I'm just as convinced it's a lot more about how people treat each other that matters more than if there is an ultimate fear of or love of this God.

As to the question, I generally tell them if they are right then God made me who I am, and it would be my business entirely what my relationship with and belief or lack thereof in such a God, and no business of theirs. I'd likely also remind them that they are violating their own religious tenets by butting in anyway so even if they are right they should be acting a lot more like it, stick to their own conduct and life and leave others alone.

Well said I agree

According to the church rules, I grew up with it wouldn't matter. I was baptized, so I'm getting in. If they're wrong, I'm going to hell. I can live with that.

This is the ultimate oxymoron. ...what if non-existence existed? What if gibberish were real words ? What if an alleged vaginal virgin gave birth to an alleged baby god in a dirty donkey stable midnight Dec 25 year ONE on the fake calendar back dated wrong 800 years later

I guess that I would fall into your catagory! If there is a God and 'it' has allowed all your aboved mentioned things to take place or perpetuated them 'it's self...how much worse could it be? So easy to control humans, if you threaten them with, unimaginable suffering!! Wonder when that started? I don't believe that is in my DNA!

I guess that I would fall into your catagory! If there is a God and 'it' has allowed all your aboved mentioned things to take place or perpetuated them 'it's self...how much worse could it be? So easy to control humans, if you threaten them with, unimaginable suffering!! Wonder when that started? I don't believe that is in my DNA!

Before you can say if you believe in God or not - you must be very clear on the definition of God.

He/she would forgive us for not believing, because he/she blessed us with logical minds. It would be god's fault that we don't believe.

If there is a god, she will have a lot of explaining to do.

Even if god exists, religion is still a bunch of phony, baloney nonsense made up to control the disadvantaged.

The UU answer to Pascal’s Wager (paraphrased by me):

If there is a God either he is a compassionate loving god who will forgive us or he is a giant dick.

If there is a God, particularly the omnipotent and omnipresent kind, and I meet him when I die, I intend to have some very strong words with his or her management style. I think Stephen Fry said it best when asked what the first thing he would say to God was: "Bone cancer in kids, what's up with that?"

The entire concept of Christianity sets you up for failure to start with. It's a guide to obedience. You might call the bible The Goat and Sheep Herders Guide to the Universe.

Then we would already be slaves to a single minded god desiring worship all the time. If that were the case he sure is nice with hands off.... But there is no heaven or hell and rule number 1 here is 0 intervention from above. All you will ever experience in this Universe is everyones momentum bouncing off each other. I call it freewill pinball. This includes what seems to be an equal importance for the life of plants, virus's, bacteria, humans or even rocks in space, the life cycle of suns. etc, etc. No amount of prayer to any god will stop a cancer from killing you or getting hit by a car. Always keep your eyes open, this life is more about whats happening in front of your face. Plenty is understood that we would have little control over some things as the momentum grows & flows.

Ignorant evil believers are so twisted in their minds ANY THREAT OR BRIBE is OK with their genocidal incestuous alleged deity Jehovah with a magic penis raping a married little virgin to give birth to himself so he can survive a crucifixion 33 years later. ....who also orders violent unsafe abortions in 4 separate infallible words of his Amos 1:11 Second Kings 8:12 Hosea 13:16 and 2 Kings 15:16 " rip open the bellies of pregnant women"

I say to him/her/it: "what the hell where you thinking when you gave children bone cancer, you wicked old being.
Then I'll shake my head and hurry home before the LSD wears off.

I figure that if there IS a God or gods, they have a sense of humor and will appreciate my whimsical and positive approach to life and people, along with my humorous irreverence for them, and it will be all good in the afterlife for me.