I cannot imagine circumstances under which I would come to believe that the Christian God exists. All of the evidence I can imagine encountering which could push me in that direction if I found it seems even better explained by various deceptive possibilities, e.g. that I’m a simulation or I’ve gone insane or what have you. But I suspect that there is some sequence of experience such that if I had it I would be convinced; it’s just too complicated for me to work out in advance what it would be. Which perhaps means I can imagine it in an abstract, meta sort of way, just not in a concrete way? Am I certain that the Christian God doesn’t exist? I admit that I’m not certain about that (heh!), which is part of the reason I’m curious about your test.
If imagination fails, consult reality for inspiration. You could look into the conversion experiences of materialist, rationalist atheists. John C Wright, for example.
I cannot imagine circumstances under which I would come to believe that the Christian God exists. All of the evidence I can imagine encountering which could push me in that direction if I found it seems even better explained by various deceptive possibilities, e.g. that I’m a simulation or I’ve gone insane or what have you. But I suspect that there is some sequence of experience such that if I had it I would be convinced; it’s just too complicated for me to work out in advance what it would be. Which perhaps means I can imagine it in an abstract, meta sort of way, just not in a concrete way? Am I certain that the Christian God doesn’t exist? I admit that I’m not certain about that (heh!), which is part of the reason I’m curious about your test.
If imagination fails, consult reality for inspiration. You could look into the conversion experiences of materialist, rationalist atheists. John C Wright, for example.
So you’re effectively saying that your prior is zero and will not be budged by ANY evidence.
Hmm… smells of heresy to me… :-D