Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
I may depart from many fellow atheists in this regard, but if god made itself known to me in a way where I was completely convinced of its existence (god being an entity which created the universe, including us, and was all-powerful), and god commanded me to do something, I would do it.
This would be god's universe, and its rules would supercede any limited ideas I had formed myself. Regardless of whether I thought it was right or wrong, moral or immoral, if god told me to do it, it would be the correct thing to do. I would have no reasonable basis to resist the will of the creator and ruler of the universe, whether I understood the reasons or not.
Do any other atheists/non-theists agree with this viewpoint? If not, what would your basis be for resisting the wishes of god? Why do you think your morals would trump god's? What if each command was backed by a threat of eternal damnation/pain/suffering for non-compliance - would that change your response? What if each command was backed by a promise of eternal bliss/joy/ecstasy for compliance - would that change your response?
This would be god's universe, and its rules would supercede any limited ideas I had formed myself. Regardless of whether I thought it was right or wrong, moral or immoral, if god told me to do it, it would be the correct thing to do. I would have no reasonable basis to resist the will of the creator and ruler of the universe, whether I understood the reasons or not.
Do any other atheists/non-theists agree with this viewpoint? If not, what would your basis be for resisting the wishes of god? Why do you think your morals would trump god's? What if each command was backed by a threat of eternal damnation/pain/suffering for non-compliance - would that change your response? What if each command was backed by a promise of eternal bliss/joy/ecstasy for compliance - would that change your response?