Atheists - If You Could Believe In Any God Which Would It Be?

[AntEmpire]

Sure. Depends on what means by "a god."

Something that has yet to be coherently defined said the Ignostic.

 

[doppelganger]

Something that has yet to be coherently defined said the Ignostic.

Depends on who is using the word. If I name my dog "God" and you come over and give it liver snaps, you certainly "believe in God."

 

[AntEmpire]

Depends on who is using the word. If I name my dog "God" and you come over and give it liver snaps, you certainly "believe in God."

exactly.

 

[Dirty Penguin]

Eris, the prettiest one.

Mainly because i like hot dogs.



-Q

Yoda...

Although I would want more of a "Spock" like Yoda.....:yes:

 

[Twilight Hue]

My Venus.

 

[blackout]

UltraViolet.

You'd better believe it.

(or else)

 

[St Giordano Bruno]

Did anyone mention the answer Einstein gave "I believe in Spinoza's God..."

 

[doppelganger]

Did anyone mention the answer Einstein gave "I believe in Spinoza's God..."

Indirectly, yes. "Spinoza's 'God'" is unitary substance undifferentiated by information or forms of thought. Of course, Einstein didn't even believe in Spinoza's 'God' - hence his disagreement with Bohr about whether God plays dice, and Bohr's insistence that Einstein was telling God what to do.

 

[charles brough]

As a Non-Theist, my preference (for a god) would be One who just sits up there doing nothing and doesn't bother anyone!

 

[ManTimeForgot]

Depends on who is using the word. If I name my dog "God" and you come over and give it liver snaps, you certainly "believe in God."

I don't believe in God; I believe that there is a God. But even using that bit of linguistic chicanery doesn't begin to address the singular nature of the term "God" as it is almost unilaterally used. "God" with a capital "G" is a singular entity. Either it exists or it doesn't.

When you use the term "gods" with a lower case "g" you are not limited to one being. Two beings might share "ultimate power" but they are not equal to one "God."



And on side note raised earlier: Exactly how does something qualify as a god (lower case "g") without qualifying as an extra-terrestrial?

MTF

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

And on side note raised earlier: Exactly how does something qualify as a god (lower case "g") without qualifying as an extra-terrestrial?

If the god in question is from Earth, then it's not an extra-terrestrial.

 

[Reach]

I'd prefer a deity that would judge me by my actions in life, rather than one that asks me to kiss his behind and discriminate against everybody who doesn't believe in him.

 

[D-MITCH777]

If I believed in a God it would probably be a Deist one.

 

[stegthomson]

if there was a god there would only be one so why say WHAT god?

 

[stegthomson]

also if i had a answer here then i would believe in a god which makes me a believer eh?!?!

 

[Viker]

A really cute one or maybe Ek Chuah.

Because I like really cute things and I like chocolate and rare obscure deity names.

 

[cablescavenger]

The Sun.