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Question164

Can you see yourself as a Christian, if Christianity is revealed to be true?

• No.

  BTW; Who's version? (:-) (Puck #162)

• ...assuming the "revelation" explained that all the contradictions in the system were due to misinterpretations or the like... and as well why that supposedly omnipotent god permitted all the atrocities committed in the name of such misinterpretations.

  Hardly, too many "bad vibes" around it. If it were revealed as truth, I would accept what truth is, but I couldn't worship such a monster. Something like when conservatives won the elections: I must accept it because this is what the voting decided, but I don't like it at all. (Angel Arnal #1443)

• No. The Biblical "god" is evil by any human standard (raven1 #1096)

• Nope. The idea that Christianity - in *any* of its variations - might actually be be revealed to be true is so preposterous that I can't imagine it. (And I say that after spending more than 20 years as a believer.) (George Ricker #146)

• Well... I don't see how "Christianity" can be "revealed to be true." I mean... how do you reveal a religion or philosophy to be "true"? A philosophy or religion is a lifestyle, not a fact or a hypothesis.

  It'd be like asking if "atheism" could be revealed to be "true." Atheism can't be true or false... neither can Christianity.

  If the beliefs of Christianity were "revealed to be true," they'd become facts, not beliefs... in that case, I couldn't be a "Christian" because Christianity is a belief system. You can't "believe" or "not believe" facts, you can either accept them or ignore them. (Nat #1750)

• No. I could not follow a god as cruel as the one described in the bible. Bret #1862)

• Wow! That's a tall order. For me, JC would have to come back in person, walk on water, raise a few dead people, cure some sick (incurable), ones, and do a lot more. Then, he would have to convince me that all of it was not a trick or illusion. Then he would have to explain all of the contradictions in the bible, OT and NT. Then he would have to convince me that all of the frightful things done in his name over the centuries were justified.

  I don't think that's going to happen. (John Hachman #1782)

• Well, that depends on how much and which doctrines.

  If the general "There is a kind, loving, benevolant deity that has a plan for you" deal is all revealed as truth... yup.

  But, if it's revealed that the entire bible is historically accurate as a recording of events, I see myself as either a conscientious objecter to a deity that judges you on how good a slave you are and likes to command that you slaughter infants of warring countries or a nice little groveler that's trying not to piss off this huge dude that'll throw me to hell for not loving it enough.

  In short, your question isn't specific enough. Which Christianity? The popular "God is all loving" christianity? The fanatacal "God will kick your ass for not being Christian" christianity? other versions? (wingedbeast #273)

• If "God" were proven to exist, I'd think "He/She/It" a tyrannical, megalomaniac, selfish, and cruel bastard!

  I've always viewed the *myth* of Satan to be that of a hero -- a rebellious angel that decided that he was sick of God's crap. A revolutionary, if you will.

  It is in my opinion that if you read the Judeo-Christian Bible with an *objective* point of view, it is plain to see who the TRUE villain is: G - o - d. God is the one who gets uptight about every little mistake that his creations make, and who punishes them without mercy, and without a thought. Whereas, Satan does nothing more than offer the "evil" of knowledge, and a little enjoyment in *this* life.

  In short:

  The character known as God is an uptight asshole, and the supposed "evil" one, Satan, is cool. };-) (Hellhammer #1876)