Would you believe in God if...

[alzan]

I should have put some kind of emoticon P) to indicate that I wasn't serious.



lol, even if that were true, exposing one atheist/agnostic as a believer still doesn't mean that atheists/agnostics are believers.

Probably; in some cases emoticons can be helpful, in others they're annoying.

According to the word definitions and usage, no they wouldn't be believers.

 

[stormkroe]

This reminds me of the 'weight of the soul' experiments. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duncan_MacDougall_(doctor)

 

[Gibsons]

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Enjoy responsibly.

 

[Paratus]

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

 

[IronWing]

Define "god".

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Define "god".

A simple kitchen appliance wherein pieces of bread are heated via electrical coils to induce dehydration and browning of the bread surface, while simultaneously causing extreme sexual arousal in a misogynistic conservative participant of Anandtech.com's Politics & News forum.

 

[alzan]

A simple kitchen appliance wherein pieces of bread are heated via electrical coils to induce dehydration and browning of the bread surface, while simultaneously causing extreme sexual arousal in a misogynistic conservative participant of Anandtech.com's Politics & News forum.

lulz

 

[DrPizza]

something being seriously considered by people who aren't crackpots in today's scientific studies of consciousness.

[citation?]

 

[sandorski]

It seems unlikely that such a conclusion could ever be reached. That said, even if such a thing were shown to be fact, it doesn't necessarily lead to the existence of god(s). At least, not any kind of god(s) Religion speaks of.

 

[IronWing]

Consciousness existing before biological life would go against the materialist world view directly.

No. Animists do not necessarily believe in a god. Materialism and animism are holy compatible.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

No. Animists do not necessarily believe in a god. Materialism and animism are holy compatible.

 

[Jeff7]

I'll believe in god when someone can prove it exists using the scientific method.

Even then, would it be a god?

Or maybe just an alien that is as far ahead of us as we are of bacteria.

Incredibly advanced, but still not a god. The way that "god" is often defined is such that it is always outside of reality, pushed into the supernatural and permanently kept there.

 

[Markbnj]

 

[WHAMPOM]

It is proven that consciousness is a fundamental feature of reality, like space-time, gravity, mass, charge etc? This would mean that consciousness came first and was here from the start, something being seriously considered by people who aren't crackpots in today's scientific studies of consciousness.
Consciousness existing before biological life would go against the materialist world view directly.

The more likely hypothesis is the Universe is evolving into a form of waking conscious existence. Consciousness last!

 

[MongGrel]

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

The more likely hypothesis is the Universe is evolving into a form of waking conscious existence. Consciousness last!

Today young men on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves...

 

[WHAMPOM]

A simple kitchen appliance wherein pieces of bread are heated via electrical coils to induce dehydration and browning of the bread surface, while simultaneously causing extreme sexual arousal in a misogynistic conservative participant of Anandtech.com's Politics & News forum.

You're bad, but sometimes BAD comes out real good. LOL!!

 

[WHAMPOM]

Today young men on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves...

TRUTH IS ALL WE KNOW TO EXIST DEPENDS ON TINY STRINGS VIBRATING DUE TO THE FORCE GENERATED BY THE EXPLOSION WE CALL THE BIG BANG. And in String Theory these tiny foundations of matter have no material existence at all themselves, just vibration.
caps lock stuck not gonna retype

 

[zinfamous]

 

[Ruptga]

Am I doin it right?

 

[zinfamous]

Am I doin it right?

no.

more like this:

 

[Jeeebus]

"One Of Us"

[Intro:]
So one of these nights and about twelve o'clock
This old world's going to reel and rock
Saints will tremble and cry for pain
For the Lord's gonna come in his heavenly airplane

If God had a name, what would it be?
And would you call it to his face,
If you were faced with Him in all His glory?
What would you ask if you had just one question?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

If God had a face, what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the saints
And all the prophets? And...

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

(Just?) tryin' to make His way home
Back up to Heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope, maybe, in Rome

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

Just tryin' to make His way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to Heaven all alone
Just tryin' to make His way home
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope, maybe, in Rome

My entry

 

[schmuckley]

A simple kitchen appliance wherein pieces of bread are heated via electrical coils to induce dehydration and browning of the bread surface, while simultaneously causing extreme sexual arousal in a misogynistic conservative participant of Anandtech.com's Politics & News forum.

My goodness,Why hate on Nehalem so?
PS: God is much greater than a kitchen appliance.
Let me say this:If Dinosaurs have been around for millions of years..they would be reproducing.Animals reproduce rapidly.Why isn't the earth 100 yds deep in dinosaur bones?
Oh oh..That doesn't quite fit in with evolution yet IS scientific.
I'm sorry your upbringing was how it was.
I know your mom was probably fornicating with an elder/preacher of whatever church you went to.That is bad.That is not God's plan.I know it scarred you.That is bad also.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

My goodness,Why hate on Nehalem so?

Precisely because you knew exactly who I was talking about.

PS: God is much greater than a kitchen appliance.

I dunno. I actually own a kitchen appliance. I can take a picture of it. Can you take a picture of God? No? I guess that makes it:

Kitchen Appliance: 1
God: 0

Let me say this:If Dinosaurs have been around for millions of years..they would be reproducing.Animals reproduce rapidly.Why isn't the earth 100 yds deep in dinosaur bones?

If dinosaurs were only around for hundreds of years, and yet were able to leave behind the fossils that we do find, why don't we have a comparable quantity of fossils of the other animals that have also only existed for hundreds of years? Where are the whale, horse, and iguana fossils?

Oh oh..That doesn't quite fit in with evolution yet IS scientific.

You don't have the foggiest idea what is or is not "scientific."

I'm sorry your upbringing was how it was.
I know your mom was probably fornicating with an elder/preacher of whatever church you went to.That is bad.That is not God's plan.I know it scarred you.That is bad also.