What would it take?

[CapnAwesome]

If God appeared to me and others simultaneously, that would be enough for me. I don't know why this is impossible for an all powerful deity even though chipmunks can handle it. I can never grasp why the almighty would go out of his way to hide his existence.

So something like multiple geographic locations, auditory and/or visual, same message/event for all people. I'm guessing the smaller the group that experiences the more it's personal belief, and the larger the group the more it's a convincing for others belief.

I'm sure you have your own idea of what you mean by 'appear', but am I reading you right?

Yeah, more or less that would be good enough for me. I know some Atheists who are critical of this and maintain that perhaps any demonstration of God-like power could be replicated by advanced technology and thus they could never be convinced of Gods existence. I think that is ridiculous over skepticism and also that such people are not being honest. If such a standard were applied to say, giraffes then we could never believe in them either because how do we know they aren't holograms and advanced technology designed to fool us into thinking they exist. Skepticism is healthy, over-skepticism can border on the absurd at times.

I also think I present a relatively low threshold of evidence that we all know (theist and atheist alike) will never be met. Theists offer all kinds of ridiculous, nonsensical explanations for why God doesn't just appear or reveal himself. Of course if you are an Atheist the answer is both straight forward and simple. He doesn't exist.

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I only ever answer this question one way these days:

What would it take to convince me of your version of an omniscient God?

God, by definition, must know.

Ha. That's great.