1. Gods and earthlings

Comment #163923 by RichardSRussell on April 19, 2008 at 9:37 am

Occasionally I am accused by religionists of being close-minded on the subject of gods. "Admit it," they challenge, "there's NO evidence we could possibly present to you that would convince you there's a god. If Jesus himself appeared before you and changed water into wine, you'd claim it was some kind of trick, wouldn't you?"

And my standard response is that, yes, given the long history of human charlatanism, that would be the explanation I'd find most appealing. As we rationalists say, the race may not be always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

But that still leaves me with that challenge hanging: What WOULD it take to convince me that a god exists? So, of late, I've been leaving it at "OK, create me a universe. Then we'll talk."