With Your Own Eyes

"It had started out like any other day and Reginald really had no inkling at all that he was about to have a divine encounter in the vegetable aisle of his local supermarket. Having reached ‘onions’ on his shopping list and being unsure if his wife had meant red onions or regular onions, the Lord Almighty appeared to him, just above the cauliflowers. Not a particularly religious man Reginald had all the same recognised the significance of the encounter and bowed his head accordingly. With unquestionable authority God had then reached out an arm and pointed at the regular onions."


A question more for agnostics and atheists. How would your life change if you saw God with your own eyes and were left in no doubt of His existence? Could you go back to agnostic or atheistic living, of morning lie ins and chocolate éclairs if you'd met God in the supermarket? And if God is indeed omnipresent, everywhere at all times, could you go about your business without feeling watched, constantly judged?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
"It had started out like any other day and Reginald really had no inkling at all that he was about to have a divine encounter in the vegetable aisle of his local supermarket. Having reached ‘onions’ on his shopping list and being unsure if his wife had meant red onions or regular onions, the Lord Almighty appeared to him, just above the cauliflowers. Not a particularl ...[text shortened]... verywhere at all times, could you go about your business without feeling watched, constantly judged?

@ghost-of-a-duke said

A question more for agnostics and atheists. How would your life change if you saw God with your own eyes and were left in no doubt of His existence?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
"It had started out like any other day and Reginald really had no inkling at all that he was about to have a divine encounter in the vegetable aisle of his local supermarket. Having reached ‘onions’ on his shopping list and being unsure if his wife had meant red onions or regular onions, the Lord Almighty appeared to him, just above the cauliflowers. Not a particularl ...[text shortened]... verywhere at all times, could you go about your business without feeling watched, constantly judged?

@chaney3 said
What would your answer be?

@bunnyknight said
And once again the most important question is being ignored because it exposes the false logic of it all.
The question is: How would you know it's the actual God from your religion? How would you know it's not a drug induced hallucination; or a holographic prank; or an advanced alien playing a joke; or a time-traveling comedian?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
"It had started out like any other day and Reginald really had no inkling at all that he was about to have a divine encounter in the vegetable aisle of his local supermarket. Having reached ‘onions’ on his shopping list and being unsure if his wife had meant red onions or regular onions, the Lord Almighty appeared to him, just above the cauliflowers. Not a particularl ...[text shortened]... verywhere at all times, could you go about your business without feeling watched, constantly judged?

Okay....so before an atheist answers the OP question, what exactly would it take to even believe that it was God who showed Himself? What proof is adequate?

(I believe there was a thread about this some time ago)

@avalanchethecat said
That rather depends on what god said to me. If it turns out to be the god of the bible... well, that'd be a tricky one, because I've got some issues with that fella.

@chaney3 said
Okay....so before an atheist answers the OP question, what exactly would it take to even believe that it was God who showed Himself? What proof is adequate?

(I believe there was a thread about this some time ago)

@ghost-of-a-duke said
All good questions. Can we trust nothing then we see with our own eyes?

@rookie54 said
trust, but verify
hallucinations can be so sly

@ghost-of-a-duke said
"It had started out like any other day and Reginald really had no inkling at all that he was about to have a divine encounter in the vegetable aisle of his local supermarket. Having reached ‘onions’ on his shopping list and being unsure if his wife had meant red onions or regular onions, the Lord Almighty appeared to him, just above the cauliflowers. Not a particularl ...[text shortened]... verywhere at all times, could you go about your business without feeling watched, constantly judged?

@bigdoggproblem said
I think it somewhat likely that there exist, somewhere in the universe, beings who are very much more powerful than humans, to the point that we could think of them as 'gods'.

But I doubt any of them are the gods of human religions.

How would I verify omniscience, and omnipotence, anyway? I can't.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Do you consider it possible these 'super aliens' may be responsible for life on this planet?