Yeah, these other gods are just products of man. You won't stump them with this line of reasoning.
Now, other religions do have uses when debunking certain lines of apologetics. For example: when talking to a theist that claims their belief comes from a personal, divine revelation, you can point out that adherents of other religions make the same claim. Their only options are:
Now, other religions do have uses when debunking certain lines of apologetics. For example: when talking to a theist that claims their belief comes from a personal, divine revelation, you can point out that adherents of other religions make the same claim. Their only options are:
- Ignore you
- Claim you're/they're lying
- Claim their revelations are born out of confusion, but there's are the really real deal (with no explanation how you can tell the difference).
- Invoke some "all religions worship the same god" argument (which sort of cheapens the whole thing).