If there is a god, it certainly isn't one we've heard of. If there is one that IS certain, none of the alleged revelations contain wisdom or knowledge beyond man's. I am sure it would be an interesting (if not dangerous) meeting. I would be asking LOTs of questions.

I know that doesn't really answer what you asked, but...

I believe if there were a higher being all that petty crap about Heaven and Hell would not apply. Also worship? What evidence of intelligence is there in wanting to be worshiped? What a waste of energy that could be spent on doing good.

My answer: I can't be certain that someone or something didn't put this universe into motion. What I CAN feel completely sure of, is that the violent, petty, inconsistent, sexist gods invented by homo sapiens are not real.

If god was proven to exist, it does nothing to change my opinion of such a being. If it fails to live up to its supposed benevolent nature, then it is undeserving of any worship or respect it or its followers so selfishly demands. Acknowledging its existence is one thing, condoning its poor communication skills and overall behavior is another thing entirely.

One can only hope that if a god did exist, it would be as far removed from anything human minds have conjured up.

Then he'd better have some bloody good answers prepared.

I hear this one often too, and it annoys the hell out of me. Theists usually assume that either their specific god exists or does not, and that there is no other option. Clearly that's not correct, and it's equally plausible that a completely different god exists who will punish both the theist and myself for either not believing at all or for worshiping the wrong god.

That said, the Christian god, as I understand him to be defined, is logically impossible and I'm not worried in the least that I might be wrong about that one.

The enity would say, "thanks for not judging and at least trying to fix stupid".

Again, which god? My favorite response to Pascal's Wager is

I’m often the recipient of Pascal’s Wager, and whenever I’m asked, “What do you lose?” my response is always this: “You lose your soul.” And Christians are proof of that. When you give your life over to anything or anyone—you give your life away: including your conscience, your will, and your heart.

This is why they're so comfortable telling us that god loves us, AND he’s going to torture us forever just to show you just how much he loves us. Their god is an alcoholic father and their psychology is that of the children of alcoholics. When god is sober, he’s loving and kind and giving… but when he’s on a bender, it’s hell-fire and brimstone in the most torturous way. To
that end, most Christians suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome because of it.

I am told often that "Christians are “loving,” and while I can partially agree with that statement, I ultimately come down here: they can’t be totally loving—not as long as they never call into question their god’s predilection to eternal torture, or his lack of concern to the suffering of humankind. Love does not torture, and love would not accept torture as a possibility. If a Christian has to convert me because they’re afraid I will be tortured, then there’s nothing loving about that… that’s fear, and naturally, that makes your motives suspect.

Keeping with the hell meme: a loving god wouldn’t send anyone to hell. The loving thing to do would be to send you back and make you do it again until you get it right. Therefore, if God were truly loving, he would reincarnate you, rather than torture you forever.

But ultimately I ask this question: “You show me one person—just one—suffering in hell right now, and I’ll consider your hypothesis.

It makes no difference. If there is a god, I don't see why they would care if we believe or not. Most religions claim they are the one true path to god. At best, only one is correct. But since god and religion are made up by people, it is really a form of power and control to get people to conform to certain norms.

Personally i do not care...if there is no gwd, i will rest peacefully in oblivion, if there is some Gawd, I will spend a long time telling him/her/It exactly what I think of their "management style".

Then when I meet Him I'll say "Oh shit, sorry mate. Come down the pub and I'll buy you a couple of beers and we're even, yeah?"

Which god? The god that watches as children die of cancer? The god that watches as a gunman shoots up its believers in a church, and does nothing to stop it? Why would I not only want to spend an eternity with a disgusting entity like that, but worship it as well?

It seems more reasonable to believe a just & fair god would not bother to give me the illusion of the freedom to choose if there was only one right answer to the question.

Or to look at it another way, if said god has any self-esteem at all, he does not require my belief nor my worship and should be ashamed of himself for ordering me (a la 10 commandments) to do so. This smug, capricious, fickle, selfish, narcissistic, jealous monster of a god isn't worth the thought.

IVE BEEN DEAD FOR 6.4 BILLION YEARS and alive for 66 years, that's a lot of time for a sadistic bastard god to ferment in his own self righteous importance

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.

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.

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!

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.