[Serious] If I met Him...

[Paleophyte]

If I met Him...then He wouldn't be worth worshipping.

I had the thought the other day based on the apologetic argument, "There isn't proof that you would accept in order to believe in a God." When I first heard it, I was affronted, like, "No! You haven't made a good case! My standard of proof is just higher than yours."

 But the more I tugged at the thread, the more I realized that is actually pretty accurate. At least when it comes to something demanding my worship, my reverence, my fear, and my obedience. We can talk about deity all we want but I'm going to tie these two things together because to me, they are linked: that the goal of proving existence of deity is tied to compelling my worship and veneration.

Any god that must say, "I am god!" is no God.

I could see it from the perspective of there is a God that has no interest in your worship or idolization and the theists have entirely buggered up that part. Such an entity might be pretty impressive even when not trying to be. There's precious little evidence for that God though, so the deists can have fun chasing down that rabbit hole.