Atheists: If god appeared before you....?

Question

And you now knew he was real....would you start to worship him and become a christian?

I am an atheist but the other day i was thinking, even IF he appeared before me and proved he was real....i still wouldnt follow him!

Because i think the bible is actually more evil than it is good, and i dont think he would be a very nice god!

IF you found out he was real: Would you become a christian?

Answer 1

No. I believe religion is wrong and one day I'll kill Jesus!

Answer 2

How can a benevolent (all loving) God, be not very nice?

EDIT: You wouldn't have the chance to follow Him anyway. You will die/be dead. He doesn't want you when you don't have faith.

Answer 3

I never worshiped anything and i won´t worship that, if it ever appeared up front of me.

Answer 4

I'd say "let's get a latte and chat god".

I am sure god would then happily explain the true meaning of life to me and given the horrible religion that Christianity is I doubt god would be asking me to join it. God would probably then explain that religion is evil and the true belief system is to look within yourself and trust your instincts. Thus no need to worship anything but your own power and your own conscience.

Answer 5

If the christian god appeared before me, and all the guesswork in the bible about what such a god wants from us, and how he behaves were also true, then no, I would not be able to follow him, he is merciless and vein.

However, if there turned out to be a god, then I doubt he would bare much resemblance to any of the religions notions of him, so it would depend what he or it, (there's no reason to suppose god would in any way be human or even male or female) turned out to be like:)

Answer 6

I'd need a DNA test first. I'd still be a skeptic. I do agree with you, he isn't a very nice god.

Answer 7

No.

For one thing, it might not be the Christian God that appeared.  There have been thousands of Gods throughout history, and the Christian one isn't special.

But if the Christian God did appear before me, and He was anything like the way the Bible paints Him, I would give my last trying to destroy Him.  And the same goes for if Allah appeared before me and was anything like the Qur'an describes Him.

Answer 8

course not, he would have to force me to , and like any dictator, i fully believe he would too,

i dont agree with his methods, his attitude, his dealings, nothing, i agree with nothing about him or his existence

and i still dont agree with any religion, least of all christianity, so no id never become a christian

anyway, i still dont believe jesus was a son of god and thats the whole point of christianity

Answer 9

I've said it many times before. Even if it did exist, that psychopathic god is not worth my worship.

I'd also be bent over laughing, pointing at it and gasping for air.

Answer 10

If God appeared before me, my first thought would be I'm hallucinating, as that's more plausible.

However, if I found out the Christian God was real, I still wouldn't follow him either. One look at the old testament can tell you why. Mass murder, butchering of women and children, rape, pillaging, etc...

Answer 11

I would say to him

There is now honer in ignoring the ones who is asked to worship them.

Then walk away.If he did exists he has made my life a living h**l.I would have someone to blame.

Answer 12

Yeah honestly i would take it into consideration . But that might mean my brain has been damaged. But facts are facts.

Answer 13

If I met him, I would first expolre if he could impart some wisdom on whether the Bible is right and help me understand the inconsistencies.  I would believe.  Choosing not to follow him would be pointless if he is anything like the Christian God.  

Answer 14

Well, you are assuming that it would be the christian version of god.  I've always preferred the Norse gods myself.

Anyway, if some deity genuinely popped up, defying any logical, rational explanation and defying natural laws then I'd no longer be an atheist.

But would I worship it?  That would remain to be seen.  If it was the biblegod, it would have huge amount of explaining to do before I'd even trust it, let alone worship it.

Answer 15

No. Assuming that the god that appeared before me was the Christian one and not one of the thousands of others thought up throughout history, I would never worship it. The Christian god is, if the Bible is to be believed, a jealous, immature, violent, and morally bankrupt deity. I would never worship or even follow someone like that, human or god.

Answer 16

I don't worship anybody or anything.

I don't believe in unequal relationships.  

I would not bow down.