Timeline for How would the Abrahamic God reveal himself to people to convince them that He is the Abrahamic God? [closed]
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 14:57 | answer | added | James McLellan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 14:52 | comment | added | David Hambling | Isn't the point about being God that he is smart enough to know exactly how to convince everyone, as well as powerful enough to do it? | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 0:29 | answer | added | In Hoc Signo | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 6, 2020 at 23:29 | comment | added | In Hoc Signo | @MichaelK That is incorrect as relates to this question. Within the Judeo-Christian Weltanschauung, God is said to consider man's free will paramount. This is because He created us so that there could be other rational creatures out there that can worship Him "on a personal, not a machine, level.” (Schaeffer Genesis in Space and Time, page 60). As a result, He does not consider forcing people to acknowledge His sovereignty to be an option; as He Himself put it, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29 ESV). | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 9:00 | comment | added | MichaelK | To paraphrase Tywin Lannister: Any god who must say "I am (a) god" is no true god. If the god makes the matter of believing that they exist one of interpretation, subjective experience, and debate... then they are not really a god in any sense. Then they are just a supernatural being with some powers. The very action of revealing itself to everyone and the claiming authority opens up for humans to say "Why would we give you that?". If they say "I will force you" then we say "You are a bully". If they say "You may choose", they are not a god. | |
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| Jan 13, 2017 at 19:35 | answer | added | nijineko | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 12:50 | answer | added | Patric Hartmann | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 9:51 | answer | added | Giacomo Tesio | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 21:45 | comment | added | Donald Hobson | Given the number of nut cases on social media, another one claiming to be god will not stand out. A minor miracle seen by a few people could be a hoax, if god wants to stand out he needs a miracle that no magician could pull off that is seen by billions. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 21:26 | comment | added | Donald Hobson | If god does show himself then some people will decide the god is a malevolent dictator. (God kills a lot of people with floods and plagues in the old testament) Expect a resistance movement unless god makes anyone who objects drop dead. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 19:53 | comment | added | Thucydides | In the Scriptures, God reveals himself multiple times and in many ways, from burning bushes to pillars of fire and displays of power like the Plagues of Egypt and parting the Red Sea, and people still refuse to believe. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 19:38 | answer | added | Separatrix | timeline score: -2 | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 19:38 | comment | added | StrangerHopeful | Historically, God couldn't prove his existence to the people of Moses' time. He attempted to display his power through the 10 plagues that he cast down on the Egyptians, and they still refused to believe that he was the one true God. I don't think there would be much difference with people today. Only people with deep faith would believe it was Him. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 19:17 | answer | added | kingledion | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 15:12 | comment | added | user31389 | Many people will believe you are the Antichrist. | |
| Apr 8, 2016 at 10:26 | answer | added | user6415 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 7, 2016 at 23:22 | comment | added | sdrawkcabdear | @Fixed Point There is a problem with this question. You are ask a bunch of people who are not omniscient what and omniscient being would do, you are very unlikely to ever get the right answer. It is hard to predict the actions of some one as smart as you let alone someone smarter. Maybe what could he do as a question? | |
| Apr 7, 2016 at 14:42 | answer | added | Filipe Roberto | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 0:06 | answer | added | Midwinter Sun | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 14, 2015 at 21:04 | comment | added | mouviciel | The probable result will not be unification of these three religions, but the creation of a fourth one. It already happened two times. | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 16:38 | answer | added | shiningcartoonist | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 12:29 | answer | added | Wolfie Inu | timeline score: 12 | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 19:26 | comment | added | Doug Warren | Any or all of the possible methods of proof you describe in your third paragraph will probably work, except for the "presents a complete Bible" one. There are multiple "canon" versions of the scriptures out there already: one more would have no real impact. | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 19:17 | answer | added | ckersch | timeline score: 8 | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 15:15 | answer | added | Erik | timeline score: 19 | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 15:05 | answer | added | Henry Taylor | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 14:06 | answer | added | Green | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 11:58 | comment | added | komodosp | There is a paradox here. An omnipotent God will of course have the power to influence the minds and senses of everyone in the world. Therefore all you need is a being powerful enough to do that and for him to make us believe that he is God. So no matter how convincing He is, we have no way of knowing that He is not simply a lesser being who just has this ability and is manipulating us. Therefore proof of the gap between the lesser being and God is impossible. Though H/he could influence us not to question it, but H/he's not really proving H/himself then, just making us think H/he has. | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 11:43 | comment | added | Murphy | Is there any approach you want to avoid? Are you going for as subtle as possible or would flicking the sun on and off like a desk lamp spelling out in morse code "Hi, this is the God of Abraham here" be too OTT? | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 10:11 | answer | added | Royal Canadian Bandit | timeline score: 33 | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 6:21 | comment | added | JDługosz | Reminds me of the last seasons of Stargate: SG1. Demanding devotion, respect, obedience, and prayer and displaying real power does not prove they are who they claim, especially when followed by substantial corrections to the supposed scripture. | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 6:03 | comment | added | clem steredenn | related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/20238/… | |
| Oct 2, 2015 at 4:38 | answer | added | Henry Taylor | timeline score: 6 | |
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