Pavlos Maros
Well-Known Member
Hi everybody, as you all know I am not convinced a god exists.
Now if you haven't seen this before "An all-knowing/omniscient god would know what it takes to convince me!" This is what the thread is about.
However, here is where my problem lies, I know my own mind. And I know that I could never be truly convinced that a god exists because. 1, I could never be sure it wasn't an advanced alien with an agenda or 2, I can't travel the entire universe to search under every nook and grannie to look for it. The former is what I'm really interested in your opinion for.
Is my logic flawed, in thinking that if a god was able to convince me, then I would not be the same person. I was before I was "convinced".
If an omniscient being knows how to convince me. Then it knows my mind better than I. It also knows that I would question it. But if I become convinced I can't be considered me anymore, because it has deliberately changed my mind for me.
What do you think, it might be a moot question to a group of theist, but it would be nice to get your perspective on it? Just the same. And any other atheists or agnostics here too.
Now if you haven't seen this before "An all-knowing/omniscient god would know what it takes to convince me!" This is what the thread is about.
However, here is where my problem lies, I know my own mind. And I know that I could never be truly convinced that a god exists because. 1, I could never be sure it wasn't an advanced alien with an agenda or 2, I can't travel the entire universe to search under every nook and grannie to look for it. The former is what I'm really interested in your opinion for.
Is my logic flawed, in thinking that if a god was able to convince me, then I would not be the same person. I was before I was "convinced".
If an omniscient being knows how to convince me. Then it knows my mind better than I. It also knows that I would question it. But if I become convinced I can't be considered me anymore, because it has deliberately changed my mind for me.
What do you think, it might be a moot question to a group of theist, but it would be nice to get your perspective on it? Just the same. And any other atheists or agnostics here too.