Sauron

Upon what do you base such a conclusion? You have exactly one data point. Given that, there is no reason to exclude religious affiliation.

Wiploc

The god of the bible is a self contradiction. Just as a forinstance, he both can and can't be seen. So the bible god is impossible, which makes him less likely than an undocumented god or alien.

crc

Johnny Skeptic

Message to rhutchin: You have stated that you believe that the evidence that Christianity is true is better than the evidence that any other world view is true, but by your own admission, it is not at all what the evidence is, but rather, what it promises. In other words, if the evidence offers eternal comfort, you will accept it, but if the very same evidence offers hell, you will reject it. Even if you believed that the evidence that God of the Bible is evil is much better than that he is good, you would reject him.

One of your major problems is that the Bible requires that a person can go to heaven only if he has a personal, loving relationship with God. Logically, such a relationship is impossible for anyone who believes that a myriad of creators is plausible. Such a plausibility cannot be logically ruled out. The universe is old, vast, and complex, and full of possibilities.

It is a fact that the God of the Bible cannot exist as claimed. 2 Peter 3:9 says "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Such a God would clearly reveal himself to everyone. When Jesus began his ministry, God knew full well that hundreds of millions of people would die over the following centuries without ever having heard the Gospel message, but that didn't bother him at all.

Your position is illogical, irrational, and emotional.

Dlx2

Arguable, but even if we accept that it is in your self-interest to avoid eternal torment, it is ALSO in my best interest to avoid wasting my short existence playing cargo cult to an entity which may or may not exist, and may or may not care if I worship it. Thus, a reanalysis of Pascal's Wager suggests that the importance of believing in God is dependant on the probability of God and a dualistic afterlife, rather than independant (which is the assertion of Pascal's Wager). If you think the concept of a dualistic afterlife is incomprehensible and unlikely (as I do), then it is significantly more important to dedicate your life to self-fulfillment.

rhutchin

Your conception of "eternal torment" is clearly different than mine.

Dlx2

Some people just don't view pain as a strictly negative experience.

rhutchin

No documentation on the alien. Hmmm! I don't think we need deal with him until he shows his hand.

So, all you have after that is a misunderstanding of that which the Bible says about God. You will have to factor that into your risk analysis.

rhutchin

Viewed by people who have never really felt pain obviously.

Dlx2

Avoidance of pain never gets anyone anywhere.

Sauron

No documentation on god either - none that has been reliable, testable, or can be traced from god himself.

But if documentation on aliens is all that you require, I can provide several websites along with personal experiences and photos.