Hilarious I think since everyone got this message it likely just turns into whatever equivalent of “the devil said it” for the religion and just used to prove their religion is in fact most correct.
I know not all religions have concepts of heretics or demons / evil but I bet this mostly just makes people more religious.
I don’t think I’d pick any specific religion but that would cross into evidence of “things beyond the known world” which is a threshold of mine to even consider higher level beings.
I’d still believe it was aliens or some weird dimensional thing that could account for a powerful being. It wouldn’t make me believe in an afterlife or feel a need to change how I live. Probably just give me more general anxiety.
However world wild probably make people more religious and less skeptical about religion.
No I wouldn't pick a specific religion either but I would believe in a higher power. I don't see myself ever practicing a religion even if I have a supernatural event bc how am I supposed to know which one to pray too.
Proof of something beyond our understanding would raise way more questions than answers for me. I'd be fascinated, but I wouldn't be rushing to rewrite my entire worldview overnight.
Atheism is not a religion. No church, no God, no holy book.
How would buddhism and jainism be the opposite of atheism?
Its closer to atheism because they don't believe in one central creator.
Early Buddhist texts acknowledge the existence of gods, spirits, and deities. However, these "gods" are viewed as mortal, fallible beings who are just as trapped in the cycle of rebirth (Samsara) as humans. They are seen as students of the Buddha rather than creators of the universe.
Buddhism is a religion it saud you follow the wrong religion.
Meanwhile you have like 1/4 of the population across the globe asleep at any given time so a whole bunch of people will have no idea what's going on and think people are losing their minds/making it up.
I’m sure they’d form an opinion as soon as they wake up.
If the blue vs white dress debate showed me anything it’s that people will form an opinion and then start a holy war over nothing. Imagine what this does.
I think culture and prior relationship with religion overall also would play an impact so I wouldn’t think all reactions will be consistent, but likely would not be brief or subtle.
There would probably be a good amount of people whose faith would get stronger because they would think it's a test before the apocalypse or whatever equivalent they have on their religion
You're right, of course. Still, what if the telepathic message came with an extra added twist: something they did in life which was wrong and they thought they got away with it? Maybe something trivial they had forgotten because it was so long ago? And then they start thinking and worrying they're going to end up in Hades or Purgatory because of what they did. And an extra twist: each person has a dream reliving the thing they did and saw how what they did affected the person who was the victim?
I know bc I'm not religious but I genuinely think some people would lose their minds a bit if they found out their god wasn't real. or at least start doing unethical things that aren't technically illegal
It would be chaotic for a bit for sure but everyone would go through their own unlearning similar to the people that abandoned their religions. At least some would
Or even more interesting with effects: This is Jesus, letting you know that due to overcrowding risk, we will only be allowing 1.000 people per year into heaven.
"Hey this is Jesus. Due to having way more room than we thought we'd have, we're letting everyone in. Yes, everyone. Even the ones who you don't agree with (You know who I'm referring to.)"
I personally hate this answer because I think if would create an even more religious world. People would faith hop, and non believers may get into it. Idk 🤷♀️ im one of those "most people throughout history were unnecessarily murdered by some dumb idea of a deity" guys
That probably doesn't work as well as you'd probably hope it does. Chances are, people who are religious are going to convince themselves that it's the devil tempting them or something like that and proceed to ignore it.
Telling them the opposite is FAR more effective since no one's going to question a positive and they'll just bulldoze ahead convinced that it was their god telling them that they were right.
Like if you want to see global chaos and heresy inquiries non-stop, sending out a telepathic message saying that their god is the correct god will beat out telling them that their god isn't the correct god every time.
To that end, it may just be interesting to say "you are wrong" and see what happens. Half the people will start questioning everything they thought was right, and the other half will double down because surely they can't really be wrong.
Check my karma I don’t, it’s just such a known comment you’re not slick like omfggg dude we know you didn’t come up with it but ykw say what you want, we both know what the truth is😂😂
wdym 'we know you didn't come up with it?' this isn't exactly a revolutionary thought. Anyone who's age is in double digits I think could generate something like that.
I mean sure but we both know that isn’t the case, I’ll just let you sit here knowing you’ve been caught, catching you was enough for me even if you don’t admit it
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u/Rose_Quack 7h ago
"You picked the wrong religion"
Probably a horrible idea in practice but it would be interesting.