"What if you're wrong?" asks John Stossel audience member to atheist

Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine responds that he could say to god: "you gave me a brain to think, you put forth questionable evidence of your existence, and I questioned". So if god supposedly gives people free will and the ability to reason, why condemn someone for using it when no one is harmed? Shermer also states that if God were angry at someone for disbelieving, that is a petty, human trait reminiscent of the Greek gods. Does such a god deserve to be worshiped?

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[christo930]

I can't believe he didn't ask her "what if you're wrong?"! Pascal's wager doesn't work. The "What if you're wrong" question can be asked of any theist.

[Wilsontheterrible]

Shermer stated that applying human emotions like love, hate, and anger to an omnipotent being is ridiculous. But what if he's got it backwards, if humans were made in God's image maybe love, hate, and anger are divine concepts that he applied to us instead. I've never seen a bacteria get pissed or a bird get depressed. Dogs come close but thats only because they've actually evolved to mimic human emotion and read facial expressions.

[RivaWitch]

@MemoryTechnologies Chill out!

[MemoryTechnologies]

@RivaWitch NO ONE has ever walked the earth, did the things that Jesus did or said the things that Jesus said. I believe he was God in the flesh, and that is good enough for we Christians. You are free to believe whatever you wish... we all are!

[MemoryTechnologies]

Shermer (and all of us will find out one day). If he is right, no big deal... on the other hand....OOPS!!!!!

[JeriDro]

i believe in god (nature goodwill people harmony, not a grey haired man in the sky) but i do agree with the atheist

[JeriDro]

0:56 OWNED!

[RivaWitch]

What if Christians are wrong?