rainbow walking

and we were all invited to attend his funeral?

Who would prosecute his will and testament?

Who would act as executor of his estate?

What would be the ramifications for both theism and atheism?

How would humanity fair in the aftermath?

Ojuice5001

I'd respond, but that would lend credence to the idea that Jupiter and friends are dead. (Which they're not!)

Jet Grind

I love questions like these.

It all depends on what kind of God died in the first place. If it was the Christian God I'd probably celebrate by singing "dign dong the god is dead, that Yehweh kid has lost his head" and rejoice in the fact that I don't have to worry about some three-headed monster breathing down my neck.

Well, for 1 and 2 we should probably destroy them so that we don't have to worry about it anymore. For 3 I'd probably say it wouldn't matter. And for 4 I'd have to say that we should rejoice in our newfound freedom.

rainbow walking

rw: Ah, but you did respond and your response has lent no credence to the hypothetical death of Jupiter and friends. But, keep an eye on the obituaries...one never knows.

rainbow walking

rw: Hmmm...curious, but not an un-expected reply. Let's explore this, shall we? I am assuming, from the tenor of your response, that you are an atheist. So now, if the above became a reality, you discover that your lack of belief was unfounded but no longer necessary. Yet this would mean that you owe your existence to a now dead being that you refused to believe existed. If he is depicted as a three headed monster, what does that make you?

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Well, for 1 and 2 we should probably destroy them so that we don't have to worry about it anymore. For 3 I'd probably say it wouldn't matter. And for 4 I'd have to say that we should rejoice in our newfound freedom.

rw: But you are already free. What is it about the prospect of an executor prosecuting his last will and testament that causes you to worry so much that you're willing to contemplate murder?

Grumpy

This is the plot of the satirical novel, Towing Jehovah by James Morrow.

In the novel, the remaining angels carry out what they assume to be God's final wishes. To wit, they carve a tomb out of arctic ice and hire a supertanker to salvage the corpse and inter it there. Then they die of terminal empathy.

Some of the supertanker crew go wild, without God to impose morality upon them. Others see it as an opportunity to seek the Kantian categorical imperitive. And others try to destroy the corpse before it is used to validate thousands of years of patriarchy.

Morrow wrote a sequel, Blameless in Abaddon, which I have not read. So who knows?

Jobar

I'd say that we should wait at least three days before doing anything.

Oh, yeah, and have a HUGE media presence keeping eyes and cameras- lots and lots of both- on the body. *This* time, we won't have all that nonsense about him having 'risen' anything but a stench!

Zadok001

God is dead. Dead things have ceased to be. Therefore, God has ceased to exist. Therefore, God does not exist. Atheism is vindicated.

Of course, we can never falsify the OTHER God...

rainbow walking

Jobar: I'd say that we should wait at least three days before doing anything.

Oh, yeah, and have a HUGE media presence keeping eyes and cameras- lots and lots of both- on the body. *This* time, we won't have all that nonsense about him having 'risen' anything but a stench!

rw: Hahahahahahahahahaha...nothing more I can add to this!:notworthy

Zadok001: God is dead. Dead things have ceased to be. Therefore, God has ceased to exist. Therefore, God does not exist. Atheism is vindicated.

rw: Dead things have ceased to be alive...but not ceased to be. I know of many dead things that still exist. We refine one of them every day into fossil fuel. Hmmm...I wonder how many mpg we could get out of a dead god?

wordsmyth

I would hire a lawyer and claim to be his long lost illegitimate son, so the breakup of his estate could be tied up in court for years. I'll be damned if I'll let that long-haired, nancy-boy get it all.

Well, the Catholics have been trying to divide up his Earthly estate for years, so most likely the Dope... errr, I mean Pope.

While theists are busy shouting "we told ya so ", the atheists would be hiring lawyers to seek remuneration for years of slavery and oppression.

Humanity would continue much as they always have. Though there would be regular "God sited at 7-Eleven" reports in the Star and National Enquirer for years to come.