Is the question of God's existence the most important question of your life?

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belorg said:
I like the question because it is fun to have some discussions about it.
But for my life, it is totally irrelevant. That is, if somehow I were to become convinced that God existed, it would not chnage my life in the least.
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Are you saying you would prefer hell to heaven? Because, IF you become convinced that God exists, wouldn’t His requirements take on more significance than, say, none?
 
Love4All said:
To the subject question, no. To the next question, no. To the third question, because I have already settled it to my satisfaction.
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Then let me ask you and others who responded similarly:

Should the question of God’s existence be, at some point in one’s life, the most important question in one’s life?
 
snarflemike said:
Then let me ask you and others who responded similarly:

Should the question of God’s existence be, at some point in one’s life, the most important question in one’s life?
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Definitely. It seems possible to me that unless one does enter into the kind of soul-searching that that question entails, one will never come to faith. I suppose there is an exception to this in the very innocent and trusting, but that exception did not apply to me!

This is perhaps the reason why some remain atheist. It simply doesn’t matter all that much to them, to find the truth. Truth, for His part, says to them, “if you can’t be bothered, then neither can I.”

There is some evidence supporting that thesis in this thread.
 
Love4All said:
Are you saying you would prefer hell to heaven? Because, IF you become convinced that God exists, wouldn’t His requirements take on more significance than, say, none?
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I think it would depend on what those requirements are based on the religion one practices. Heaven and hell do not necessarily fit into the paradigm of every religion.
 
It is important; in formulating the question, one acknowledges one ignorance, which in turn, motivates one to seek Truth. The question itself can be understood as God calling the person to Him. There is nothing more important, more worthwhile, more meaningful than getting ever closer to God.
 
snarflemike said:
Should it be? Why or why not?
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Surely its only those who doubt God’s existence who consider that question.

Particle physicist Brian Cox says that the question of how life arose in the universe is the most important question facing human kind.
(Stone age humans would probably agree.)

But why is a prominent atheist like him saying that?
 
Love4All said:
Are you saying you would prefer hell to heaven? Because, IF you become convinced that God exists, wouldn’t His requirements take on more significance than, say, none?
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If God exists, nobody goes to hell.
 
belorg said:
I like the question because it is fun to have some discussions about it.
But for my life, it is totally irrelevant. That is, if somehow I were to become convinced that God existed, it would not chnage my life in the least.
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My father left the steel mill in the early 50s and became a policeman. He was very afraid of people with knives, for some reason and swore that is someone attacked in with a knife, he would shoot them. Quite the proper response, of course.

One night a drunk in an alley did pull a knife on him. Dad reacted purely out of instinct and roundhoused him into the air. Never even thought about the gun.

The thing is, and I say this as one who has repeatedly BTDT, you actually have no idea at all how you would react, or will react, when you discover the reality of God.
 
Julia_Mae said:
My father left the steel mill in the early 50s and became a policeman. He was very afraid of people with knives, for some reason and swore that is someone attacked in with a knife, he would shoot them. Quite the proper response, of course.

One night a drunk in an alley did pull a knife on him. Dad reacted purely out of instinct and roundhoused him into the air. Never even thought about the gun.

The thing is, and I say this as one who has repeatedly BTDT, you actually have no idea at all how you would react, or will react, when you discover the reality of God.
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I know lots of people who are convinced they have discovered the reality of God but whose reactions are not in any significant way different from mine.
BTW I was born and raised Catholic and my discovery that God doesn’t exist has not really changed my life at all.
 
belorg said:
I know lots of people who are convinced they have discovered the reality of God but whose reactions are not in any significant way different from mine.
BTW I was born and raised Catholic and my discovery that God doesn’t exist has not really changed my life at all.
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In that case your values have no rational foundation! Morality must be totally divorced from reality…
 
tonyrey said:
In that case your values have no rational foundation! Morality must be totally divorced from reality…
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It’s not because you can’t find any rational foundation that there isn’t any.
Arguments from ignorance are not really convincing.
 
No it’s not the most important Question on my mind… because I believe.
 
No. The fact that the universe exists and could not have created itself tells me God (or at least a god) exists.
The most important question in my life is what is the nature of God?
 
belorg said:
It’s not because you can’t find any rational foundation that there isn’t any.
Arguments from ignorance are not really convincing.
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The immense value of a purposeful life suffices to convince any open-minded person.
 
tonyrey said:
The immense value of a purposeful life suffices to convince any open-minded person.
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Who has said anything about a purposeless or purposeful life? I thought we were tlaking about the existence or non-existence of God.
 
belorg said:
Who has said anything about a purposeless or purposeful life? I thought we were tlaking about the existence or non-existence of God.
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The two are closely related! Purpose can’t be conjured up out of inanimate objects…
 
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