If God Exists, What Would You Say To Him?

Holy Cow, this guy is way to stable. Makes me feel like a complete ass.
I am sure my conversation would have started with.

Who the f**k do you think you are? Where the f**k do you get off? What kind of an a**hole would come up with s**t like that? What the H**L were you thinking and what’s wrong with your head?.
(edited for sensitive eyes.)

Good video, but the guy is handling it way to well. 

 You took the words right out of my mouth. 🙂

That God is an asshole and not worthy of worship, even if there were evidence to support him beyond “i felt something/something cool happened therefore God”?

I took that for just one of those things which happens when giving a memorized monologue vs. reading a prompter or script. Sometimes you jumble the wording a bit but it doesn’t matter too much so long as the meaning conveys and the performance is strong.

I find this odd, just because it seems to feed into the theist assumption that we think a particular god is more likely to be real than any of the others, hence the text mentioning “God” (the biblical god, of course) and referencing the Bible, heaven, and hell. I can’t figure out why people would assume one deity, let alone address this one, a single male god created in the ancient Middle East. Why limit your fantasy conversation to one specific deity when there are a multitude of gods and goddesses out there? Why limit yourself to addressing Christian mythology?

Ohhh, so it was written first and then created into a video? I thought they transcribed it from the video.

Honestly I don’t know, but I assumed. Maybe I shouldn’t assume, because I could be wrong!

If I died and came face to face with some God-like intelligence, I first would not assume anything about the God-like intelligence or what it was like. In particular, I would not assume it was anything like any of the God concepts developed throughout human history (there are so many). I would not assume that there was any impending judgment to be made about me or that there is a heaven or hell. Those are merely part of some imagined human concepts of God. All I would do is observe the God-like intelligence with open eyes and no pre-conceived beliefs and ask it what it is like.

I would immediately file charges for genocide, kidnap, rape, murder, and a host of other charges.  The only thing I’d have to say directly to him would be “Please demonstrate the grace and concern that your fan club brags about and abide by the decisions and judgement of the court.”

After 80 yrs you could have said Hello

But they don’t see their god as an unfair monster, so they’re unlikely to get anything from it.

They’ll watch this video and have all their stereotypes about atheists confirmed. That we secretly do believe in their god, somewhere deep down, but we’re just angry at him because we think he’s mean and immoral.

I would like to know why he allowed his planet to be littered with contradictory rival scriptures, and how he expected us to pick the right one.  I would like to know why belief in his stories is the standard he uses to separate “good” people from “bad”, rather than how they treated one another.  I would like to know why men have nipples.  I would like to know what all the empty space in the universe is for.

It seems from the description of the thought experiment that this is all very specific to the Christian personal God… Therefore, all other considerations of godlike beings are outside the scope of this scenario. I can only assume that for the sake of this thought experiment that you are somehow granted 100% perfect, instant knowledge that you are before the Christian god. There are a lot of other assumptions left out. Are you granted anymore knowledge? For example, do you instantly know that the bible is true or is that something you’d need to find out?

This thought experiment seems a bit sloppy…

 Yeah, but really, who cares what they think. The will listen and learn, or they won’t. In the end it is their life to do what they want. Until someone is willing to look and question, they will allow a fart to be confirmation to what they believe, even if it is only a brain fart.  So, in the end it makes no difference.
If they do care to learn, they will understand it doesn’t matter which god it is aimed at. They will get it is meant for any and all.

Ahh an honoust assesment of the described situation

Heres a thought.Theres a guy,an athiest guy,professor as well,died in hospital and came back. If you want to know his expirience google Howardstorm.com

True, but I think even the more moderate theists have the same problem. They really think their god is special and unique, and the fact that atheists are addressing their god-concept exclusively just feeds into their sense of self-importance. It’s like they can point to this video and say “See, even atheists are talking about our god; therefore, they know deep down that our god is the only true and important one. ”

I wish I were wrong, but I think a lot of them will watch this video and just have their stereotypes confirmed. I know it’s difficult because we live in a society dominated by the biblical deity, but I feel like atheists should make a special effort to address the fact that we think all gods and goddesses are equally imaginary.

I’m sure that for many religious people the idea is that we would all be immediately struck by the majesty of God’s holiness and would, thus, be unable to say anything.

My problem is could someone please tell me what ‘holiness’ is, just a simple definition. I know of two basic ways of thinking of people (or maybe four) basically nice or not nice, or (the other two) interesting or tedious. I can’t figure out what being in the presence of ‘holiness’ would mean at all. I can tell when someone is nice or not (well, after getting to know them) and interesting and tedious you figure out faster than that. What does holiness mean? Why is it so impressive? It seems disconnected from any idea I’ve ever had of morality since my whole concept of morality is based on whether you treat people like disposable garbage or whether you don’t. 

As for the idea of evil spirits working actively in this world to deceive and people falling for it, if God wants people to ‘get it’ how can he when there’s just so much supernatural interference? 
 

Good questions,im probebly not the one  to answer due to my limited vocabulary.[wheres a lawyer when you need one] I really dont think  humans can fully understand what Gods holyness is compared to,like we carnt comprehend not being limited to space and time,but it basically means purity,which will be palpable,you will feel it. Morality on the other hand has more to do with the choices you make, a pedophile can  be nice ,generous and kind as he abuses a child,its still not moral. As for the spiritual realm,God has put in all people,regardless of time in history,creed or gender your concience.The “great deciver” is very active,but so is the holy spirit.You can give them both authority in your life by the choices you make.Jesus said ,”treat others how you want them to treat you”.A very easy way to test if somthing is right,how would i feel if i was in their position.It would change the world if inderviduals and governments applyed this one principle.

Of course, but these hypotheticals are with a self-identified Christian god. Let us assume he greets you with a bible in his hands, Jesus at his side, and introduces himself before you speak.

Along the same lines as my previous answer, if two God-like intelligences (with possibly a third intelligence hovering near-by) were to present themselves, one holding a book recognized as the Christian bible, and announcing themselves as “the Father” and Jesus, I would not immediately assume that they were anything like what modern and past Christians said they were like.  I would sincerely ask what they were like and what parts Earth’s Christians got right and what parts they got wrong.

Of course there is always the possibility that the God-like intelligence is nothing at all like the Christian notions but manifests itself in whatever meme the person happens to have based on what culture they grew up in…

Psssh. S/he just takes grammar on faith! God will make the message clear. Like, duh.

Put down the crack pipe?

not that im aware of,but i do have a dictionary beside me but if the mistake is in the first 3 letters i still carnt find the darn word

I like your “god of the week” idea!

But I also think atheists should be more careful of their language. For example, Hemant’s title for this post is “If God Exists, What Would You Say to Him?” when it could just as easily have played a little less into theist assumptions. “‘If the Biblical God Exists, What Would You Say to It?” seems better because it drives home the point that there’s more than one god-concept for atheists to address.

How awesome Hemant is for finding this stuff??

At the beginning of the video, he posts the hypothetical scenario being posed: that the Christian god is real and this what he’d say to it. 

I see what you mean, but then again, it can’t be a very good god if it can’t send a coherent, easily understood and consistent message to the people who claim to love and worship it. I mean, if earth’s christians are incredibly wrong about the things they attribute to their god, and their god actually exists, well whose fault is that?? Obviously, this god has poor communication skills.

 Wow, you’re really relishing in the thought of all those heathens burning in hell.

Or if said Christian God exists and hasn’t communicated his presence, then perhaps He has no need for worship and all the calls to worship in scripture are merely human projection onto God.  Since Humans like to be worshiped (or thought highly of), humans just figured that God would also like to be worshiped and thought highly of.  It is just projecting human needs and emotion onto the God concept.  I think everything in scripture is like this.  The early scripture writers didn’t like homosexuality so they projected their dislike of homosexuality onto God.  Same with wearing clothing of mixed fibers, dislike of people that worship differently, wanting to avoid eating shellfish, dislike of working on the Sabbath, dislike of non-believers, the list goes on. 
 
IMO, the lack of communication from God is either due to the fact that there is no divine personality out there to communicate or if there is a divine personality, that the divine personality does not have an emotional need to communicate and disclose details about its existence.   Therefore humans, in inventing the God concept, just came up with a version of God that is basically like themselves, just more powerful.