skeptic
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Joined: May 2006
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I thought I did that with my original answer but looking back I actually see two possibilities. One, there is no God, no After, no Meaning and this life is all there is. In this case, I would conduct myself in the same general way because I am that person. For really profound changes in who I am I would have to actually go back and know this fact from childhood and then live my life under this new reality. As can be seen, the end result may be beyond prediction. Interesting thought though. The second possibility would be the existence of God but not only is it not the God of my understanding it is the Anti-God of my understanding. In that instance, if Satan were ruler of the universe, I doubt if I could readily accept that existence. It would completely contradict everything I believe or wish to believe. From a purely scientific perspective I can accept that there may be nothing more to the universe than naturalistic causes. I may not see that logically but I can accept it rationally. As far as the second one, there's nothing I could do to accept that reality, probably because I abhor the consequences and that could be the root of my bias. Now I realize that you may call foul here. I enter into hypocrisy because there is no more valid justification for God over Satan and above the individual level I'll accept that. I can only say that on a personal level everything I believe coincides with a God choice over a Satan choice and that drives my justification. If public sentiment is any help here it seems I'm in the majority. That's all for now but I've still got to go over to the other thread and respond there. So much for efficiency.
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