November 2, 2006
What would it take to convince you of God?
“What would it take to convince you of God?”
I get this question a lot, or at least something similar. The problem is that they always leave out one word – Christian. The question really being asked is “what would it take to convince you of the Christian God”. For some reason those “of faith” always seem to forget that their God is not the only god. Allah is a god, fairly close to the Chrisian God but not quite. Zeus is a god, or should I say was because there really isn’t any type of organized group that still believes Zeus is anything but a myth.
So, to any Christian that stumbles upon my little corner of the web, let me rephrase the question and get your answer. What would it take to convince you of Allah, Zeus, Odin, or any of the thousands of other gods that have been worshipped throughout history, and many of which are still being worshipped? How can you so easily dismiss the Egyptian myths as myths but cannot see that Yahweh is the same?
And I’ll end with a quote from Stephen F Roberts that I’ve written about before.
“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.”
