(August 27, 2015 at 3:38 am)robvalue Wrote:(August 26, 2015 at 3:30 pm)GenericAthiest Wrote: Even if someone with higher powers than myself came inside my room and said "hello, I am god, the man in charge of the universe". I wouldn't believe him. How do I know that "this god" is the actually head master "god" and not someone else posing as "god". Similarity, if aliens came from another planet with advanced technology people would probably say, look "they are gods"! God is real!
Exactly. Theists wouldn't recognise god if it spat in their face. All they could do is take a gamble and guess it is the first reasonably impressive being they came across; or else risk calling God insufficiently impressive.
the first thing I would say is "I hop the aliens are friendly ...And vegans"
anti-logical Fallacies of Ambiguity