This is a hypothetical question posed overall to gauge some thinking into the plethora of attention the common person gives dieties around the world and how it interferes with them.

So, the senario is simple, you get complete and full evidence that the religion or general dogma you follow is false...lets say it comes to you in a way that leaves you no doubt (say a time travelling device fell onto your lap, and out of curiousity, you checked out all the religious stories to find out none of it happened..just some leaders making stuff up to control the cults and whatnot..).

You come back and voila..the entire world now understands all religions have simply been a ancient scam..there is nothing. No great flood, no adam and eve (upon checking, it was monkeys evolving over time..), no parting of the seas, no crucifiction, no mountains moving, none of it...

How would your life be impacted? Would you still go to your local church? Would you still pray? Would you find more value in this life (its all you got), or less

How about the community...would you demand the money spent on churches, temples, etc be liquidated and the structures turned into something useful? Would you want deity worship removed completely from the country (off the money, out of the pledge, etc)..would you feel happy for learning the truth or sad that you no longer had a happy delusion?

How do you reckon society would react as a whole (the proof is bulletproof..no possible way around it)?


This exercise is meant for the few religious folks on ATS that has some introspection and can answer the questions without kneejerk simply dismissing the question (if you want to dismiss it, then simply go to the next thread, no need to post).

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I personally would be fairly uneffected by it..I wouldn't want cathedrals torn down as I find them culturally significant and quite pretty, if a bit useless. I enjoy the ceremonial aspects of religion from a distance..I just get confused why anyone would actually believe that stuff to begin with. I see the money and pledge stuff as stupid overall...if you need a government to demand God is who we trust and whatnot, then its not a very strong stand...but I understand it is currently on there mostly out of heritage and the religious freak out whenever you mention removing government stamped gods on money and such.

I think the world would enter into a full fledged science and technology development panic with many having anxiety attacks about death, so tons of money finally being spent on longevity and cures..

I imagine a massive spike in personal spirituality and meditation would be the big thing worldwide, as people need the connection to something greater than themselves...even if that something is just a higher form of self.

I think that this is the greatest test of faith. Our world follows duality, so...

If one man's trash is another man's treasure, could one man's Hell be another man's Heaven? Will you still believe in God if you find out that Satan is just one side of a two-faced divinity?

Every man is given this test. Some people don't see the Light, so they remain in the shadows of their past.

Nice thread.

I don't know how accurate the OT was, but I know some of the NT is true. If the Crucifixion is said to be false, I would be very skeptical indeed, because my own experience tells me otherwise. If it were proven without doubt, I would probably just believe in God as a universal energy. If it was proven there is no God or afterlife I would just be depressed and nihilistic for my remaining time here.

This reminds me of the chileans stuck in the mine. What if we are the ones stuck in the mine and some outside force sent us religions so we don't go crazy and get depressed?

So what would happen if people became like other people? Pretty dull question but i think the answer if simple:

1. Nothing. The person merely comes up with new beliefs such as "nothing exists" or "this is my life and this is it" which will lead them down different paths.

2. Suicide. The persons reality just came crashing down. Instead of allowing the mind and body to accept a different reality, they jump into death, hoping it will be the eternal resting place they now believe it as.

Beliefs, beliefs. What are ya gonna do?

I will continue to follow Aplha. Like I always have.
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I'd probably cheer because it would be one less reason for people to kill and oppress each other over.

I imagine most folk wouldn't believe no matter what evidence was presented to them against religion as they have been indoctrinated so much into believing on blind faith they will utilise that blind faith to carry on believing in the mystical cloud pixies!

Having already made this discovery of several different religions to which I have subscribed to over time, the usual outcome is an indescribably positive pure delight simialar to that of heavy weight being lifted from the shoulders.

The extreme foolishness of placing fictional, irrational, narrow-minded, hateful views over fellow human beings is a heavy weight to carry on the shoulders.

It takes much work to discover this though. Between "faith" and the "golden free ticket" to heaven that religion "promises", this becomes a discovery that will remain unreachable to the self-centered lazy folk among us whom are overtaken by their brainwashing and their selfish reasons for their religious affiliation.