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Originally Posted by Topher
Well, from this view: If God came down from the sky, complete with angels, in the middle of Times square during rush hour, would you expect people to believe in him then? No. People would twist it, say it was some hoax. Why? Some people just choose not to believe, while others do. That's their choice and their decision, not a lot you can do to change it.
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You have absolutely no grounds on which to claim this. You cannot know how people would react simply because nothing like it has ever happened. Considering how predominantly Christian America is, I'd guess that people are actually likely to give an experience like this
more credit than it would deserve, not less. Appearing on Earth, in person, for an extended period of time would probably be the easiest way to convince most people that god
is real. People aren't typically in the habit of abjectly denying what they personally experience, even when they should.
The atoms that make up you and me were born in the hearts of suns many times greater than ours, and in time our atoms will once again reside amongst the stars. Life is but an idle dalliance of the cosmos, frail, and soon forgotten. We have been set adrift in an ocean whose tides we are only beginning to comprehend and with that maturity has come the realization that we are, at least for now, alone. In that loneliness, it falls to us to shine as brightly as the stars from which we came.