What would you need to happen to convince you there was a god?
I don’t know that I’d call it God, but if there were some sort of dramatic creation demo—say trillions of stars created along with all the elements, energy, space and time,etc. all at once, and this creation thing started expanding in a certain way, obeying certain laws and exhibiting precisely calculable behavior, then my interest would certainly be aroused.
Say that after fourteen billion years I witnessed a bunch of extremely complex organized systems of cells where each cell itself was complicated almost beyond imagination, self-replicating, evolving, into higher and higher life forms, then I might begin to take notice and wonder.
Just as a rhetorical supposition, imagine that this supposed world of cellular forms was somehow made to be consciously aware of itself, and was able to wonder about its origins, and to philosophize about the meaning of it all.
If anything like that ever happens, I will be so shocked and awed that I will scarcely be able to speak. You could take the stupid little god word and shove it because such a symbol explains nothing and is worthless. If such a demonstration ever occurs I won’t have the slightest interest in a ridiculous, infantile argument over whether or not there is a “god”.
Good lord!
I almost didn’t read this because of the length but glad I did. Great response. Thank you.
Proof, irrefutable, undeniable evidence would convince me that god(s) exist. Honestly though, that would pretty much require the suspension of physical laws, because anything less would be unworthy of an omnipotent, narcissistic despot.
NOTHING would convince me that he/she/they are benevolent and worthy of worship.
God as generally hypothesized is non-falsifiable so the question itself is a non-sequitur. There is no way to prove or disprove the unfalsifiable. Supernatural beings and realms cannot even really be discussed, except in the realm of pure speculation.
If god manifested himself in the natural world in an intersubjective way then he would violate the god-concept of most theists just by doing so.
If he/she undid all the sorrow, misery and suffering on this planet and explained why he/she allowed it to happen.
I like that. I was just thinking of making an appearance
Or maybe even some proof of the absence of a god.
Trump -- proof enough?
@starwatcher-al oooo...half the country might not agree there ?