Im atheist . And I get asked this often . Was curious to know other non believers answer to this . Without getting into to much detail my answer is simple. If I am wrong and im hell doomed for not believing then thats fine with me . Maybe hell is where I belong . Because there is just to many things in the bible itself I can't justify . Too many evilness . God murdered o don't know how many people including kids . He tortures gay people . Ect. I will not bow down before such an evil being . I also have questions for him as well. One being why has remain hidden ? Why did he leave behind no evidance of his existance? And even more confusing leave more evidence of him NOT existing and then throw us in flames for eternal torment for not believeing him ? If he does exist we have a mad man on charge and we should all be fearful of this lunitic . So send me to hell god because I would never follow you anyways
Dawkins’ response is best:”What if you’re wrong about The Great Ju Ju at the bottom of the sea”.
What if you are wrong as a christian what if the one true God is odin ?
I would have to agree with my counselor on that in the idea that the comment was made to bait you, people want to be right and thats in general. A lot of people are insecure and unsure about a lot of things. I kind of think right now of something I might have said some time back cause of my own anger issues i would call out fundamentalist with various facts. I might go farther, what if i am wrong, what if were both wrong and there is a god but the god is nothing like you think it is. Bringing up various tidbits of information to frustrate and annoy them due to anger within me. I practice now and the keyword is practice to not engage. I think there is a buddhist however its spelled story about if a gift given is not accepted then who does the gift belong. Meaning practice not to accept their bait and get into their game. I practice keeping my peace
I'm not wrong . And, if I am wrong, and some god wants me to believe in it, then it better do a better job of convincing me it exists.
And, when they bring up Hell I say it is sad to believe in a god that is so cruel that it would create such a horrible place. We are here for an instant when compared to eternity; and this supposed loving god will torture us forever if we don't believe in it or the correct things about it.
I'll ask him why the fuck he hid from his own creations and why he let so many suffer needlessly!\
If so, I will give “him” a chance to apologize and explain his hate / anger issues.
Doesn’t mean that I’ll ever forgive him for being Gawd-awful.
The way I see it if God does exist then he is either malevolent or ineffective! If he is omnipotent and chooses not to act to save children or remove mistakes such as pedophiles, rapists and murderers then he is malevolent! If he is not omnipotent then he is simply an alien being, more advanced perhaps, but definitely not to be worshiped! It's irrelevant though, I'm not wrong and even if I was I completely refute the idea that a deity would be interested in attendance! Any god that needs to be worshipped would surely appear in the sky and demand such! ?
There are over 3000 gods being worshipped, or a few gods being worshipped in 3000 different ways by most people and if you don't worship that god or gods in a certain way you will be damn . The Egyptian gods hold the record for time, I guess. The thing is if I wantedto worship a god it would be Odin . He came to rid the world of Frost giants.Jesus came to rid the world of sin.I don't see no Frost giants. The reason some don't believe in odin are the same reson I don't worry about jesus
If there is some kind of Gawd, I will be immensely pleased because after I yell, scream, and swear at "it", I will be able to kick the shit out of "it" & stomp off! Stupid mother%$#&÷@$!
I have had this question put to me a thousand times by christians I used to know. I always ask them in return "What if YOU"RE wrong". They usually rebutt with "I'm not wrong". I say "oh really! How's that?" They say, "well, because the bible says....." I tell them "You're bible is bullshit and you have no proof". That usually ends the discussion. They cannot fathom the idea that THEY have devoted their entire life to a lie and a myth.
I will say that even if the god of the bible is real, as Stephen Fry says, I don't want into heaven, not on "god's" terms because they're abusrd and ridiculous. If all the sign-waving religitards are right, I would much RATHER spend eternity in hell than in heaven with a bunch of jesus worhipping nutcases.
Maybe, if God does exist ( I'm not saying he/she/it does or doesn't), the nature of God as known to mankind was just mankind creating God in OUR image.
If I'm wrong, then I have some serious questions about God's role as a leader!
In the UK a lot of the christian sects no longer believe in hell. They can't reconcile the idea with the loving god they want to worship. They tend to prefer something very vague like 'Those who believe and love god will, in some way, be united with him and their loved ones after death. Those who don't believe won't achieve this'.
Pascal's wager aside. I would not worship the god of Abraham, if I knew for a fact that he is real. The god of the bible is a hateful, vindictive, narcissistic monster.
My question is why would you want to spend eternity praising a creature who is so egotistical he would just as soon torture you for eternity if you didn't.
I just ask "What if you're wrong and the real God is Zeus? ready for the thunderbolt up the bum hole are we?"