In today’s entry we turn to Michael Brown’s final question from his article 7 honest questions for atheists. As the title of his article suggests, Brown poses seven questions for atheists to consider, presumably in a good-faith effort to understand non-believers better. Naturally, different people who do not believe in a deity are going to answer Brown’s questions differently, and readers are invited to share their own reactions to his questions in the comments section below. The answers that I present here on my blog are my own and are not intended to speak on behalf of anyone other than myself.
My answers to Brown’s previous questions can be accessed here:
1. Why are you an atheist?
2. Can an atheist have purpose?
3. Are you sure there’s no god?
4. Can science answer the remaining mysteries of the universe?
5. Have you ever questioned your atheism?
6. Are you completely materialistic in your mindset?
In his seventh question, Brown wants to know how we as atheists would evaluate the prospect that the Christian god were real, whether we would welcome that or not.