Hypothetical: If you died, and (Let's Assume Christian) God is waiting for you...

[Raticate5]

Why did he deliberately allow me and countless others to be raised in a way that would ultimately damn us to hell.

I don't believe in the omnipotent, omniscient, even conscious god because all of what I know suggests that there can be no such being.

 

[Dapsen]

i would assume that because God is an allknowing and almighty being, he would be able to set aside time for as much conversation as i desired (because he can obviously stop time - hes god).
in the conversation, i would ask him every "Great Question" i have thought of in my lifespan, and also about what kind of existence i will be given after this conversation.
i would listen when he tells me about how i have sinned in different ways, and i would try my best to both repent and redeem my sins.
i would then ask him for a favor - replaying the happiest moment of my life for me with a soothing melody in the background (barely hearable, but loud enough to accompany the setting).
after that i would be off to either Purgatory, Limbo or Heaven

 

[Senrab]

"You're much taller in person."

 

[leviathanmisha]

I would be all like..."Gilbert's is bigger."

Cookies to the nerd who gets it...

 

[Composer]

i would ask "how'd i do?"

 

[p3t3r]

kick his shins really hard for the lulz

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I'd give him a hug and then we'd walk together for awhile. What we talk about wouldn't be that important, but there are things he has to say and things I had to say. Then he'll stop and I'll walk along by myself. I would panic at first, being all alone, but soon I would find all those I cared about, whether they were alive or not. They would all be there.

Because the first thing I would say to him would be "Where can I find them?"

 

[rokkolpo]

why he would cheat on jozef with mary.

wait wait wait wait wait wait wait... correct your words...

i thought it seemed wrong when i re-read it after i typed it.

meh,i think everyone understood it

 

[Lexodus]

Tell him to go fuck himself. God is a vindictive, spiteful little kid with an ant farm, and that's assuming he even exists.

Or, plan B:
Say, "Hi, Lemmy!" and ask him to play Ace of Spades for me.

 

[The Wooster]

I'd ask him what was in the case in Pulp Fiction.

 

[Lexodus]

What would you say when you met him?

Would you fall on your knees and beg for forgiveness? Would you try to ignore him? Would you sing a jaunty tune? I've always been curious as to what the skeptics would do if it turned out they were wrong. This topic appeases that curiosity of mine.

I would ask how he could try to make me accountable for any of my actions when the logical conclusion of an all knowing God that created everything is that he knew exactly what he was going to do when he made me thus he made all my decisions for me.

Ignoring the logical arguments I would ask why he intervened on things like Noah's Ark but couldn't lift a finger to stop world poverty, war and disease. Why was he so selective about who to help and when. Then I would ask how anyone who would idly stand by and at best just watch suffering has the right to judge any other person.

Ignoring those arguments I guess I would ask how I was supposed to know 'his' way the the 'right' way. With so much contradiction in the scriptures, hypocrisy in the church, not to mention the sheer number of believe systems which are largely developed through social conditioning how could anyone know that this religion was the 'true' one let alone the individual sect inside that belief system.

Ignoring that argument I would ask him how he can claim to be benevolent but willing to punish someone because they didn't believe in him.

Ignoring that argument I would argue how can I be told I have free will if choosing any other path than 'his' would lead to punishment.

Feel free to comment on any of these with what you think his responses would be. I do wonder what he'd think of you using leisure time on a computer on a Sunday the 'new' day of rest.

EDIT: I wouldn't really be worried about hell because if God is benevolent and all-powerful then he would just stop the devil from existing.

Unfortunately, myself, devout Christians and other believers are tongue-tied with these arguments. I would say there are no easy answers, but I don't even know that for sure, so >.>

And that's why I am an atheist, although it is nice to hear somebody who identifies themselves as religious admit that they, or what they believe in, could ever possibly be wrong.

 

[AWAR]

God is not a person with whom you can communicate.

You are aware that this thread is about the Christian god, right? The Christian God is most definitely a person and can be communicated with (or rather, he could be communicated with if he existed).

Then you are completely wrong. God is God. He is not human not even a solid form of being.

 

[Retodon8]

Pretty sure you couldn't kick an omni-powerful being out of his own domain.

Kicking an all powerful being out of his own domain? Good luck with that.

"Omnipotence" doesn't exist, can't exist.
If he was all powerful, he should be able to create an impenetrable shield.
He should also be able to pierce that shield, or he wouldn't be all powerful.
But that would mean the shield wasn't truly impenetrable in the first place.
That's just one example; if you think about it for a while you can think of tons of others.
Basically, I don't need luck.

Besides, isn't heaven really our domain anyway?
There is only one of him, and a LOT of us.
Actually, like the majority of people, I wouldn't be allowed access to heaven, unless I start believing in god when I'm dead, which obviously I would if I saw him, making this whole thing make no sense.
Looking at his resume, does he even have the right to be in heaven?
He has a LOT of blood on his hands.
If not outright evil, he is at least a very unpleasant and childish, and if somebody should know better, wouldn't it be him?

 

[AWAR]

God is not a person with whom you can communicate.

Well communication with God is a big part of monotheistic faith. Most believers think prayer is how they communicate with Him. Kind of like writing letters to an angry ex-lover who just sorta tears them up and burns them as opposed to a telephone line if you ask me. But unless you meant that humans as a whole are completely unable to communicate with the actual deity face to face you would sort of be correct. Moses did even though it aged him prematurely like 40 years or something. Apparantly God's radioactive. Or God is methamphetamine.

No I mean noone can communicate with God by talking or even channeling his thoughts or something. Stop humanizing God! He is God not your everyday grocery store cashier..

 

[kentallard]

I'd ask: "Why is there a 42 stamped on my forehead?"

 

[Grensen]

I would pull on his beard and see if was real.

 

[Liiizard]

Ask how long I have until my next life starts.

If there's no reincarnation, I'd ask how they keep pumping out infinite amounts of souls.

Might also ask if there's any sentient life other than humans out there.

Maybe try and find out if the universe is spatially and temporally infinite or not.

 

[PrimoThePro]

I'd ask him why he demands people believe in him with f*ck all proof. Talk about arrogance.

He doesn't demand. He lets everyone make their own choices.

OT: I'd say sup and begin discussing what video game I should start playing, cuz, lets be honest here, what else am I going to do with my time in Heaven?

 

[bluemistake2]

why he would cheat on jozef with mary.

wait wait wait wait wait wait wait... correct your words...

i thought it seemed wrong when i re-read it after i typed it.

meh,i think everyone understood it

so joseph (according to the bible) was commiting aldutery with god and god took the virginity of mary??

 

[Koganesaga]

Be surprised, calm down a bit, put on a faint smile and ask, "well I never believed, but kinda hoped, at any rate am I going up or down big guy?"