(October 21, 2014 at 4:56 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I was thinking about this issue. If a religion is from God, there should never cease to be a link between God and humans in a form of a leader appointed by him. That leader would be chosen by God, not by the people, and would be able to do miracles. It's only in this instance can we know for sure the following :
1) What are the commands of morality and what morality generally encompasses objectively.
2) The true interpretation of the holy texts
3) The will of God regarding a new issue or dispute
4) That the religion has not be corrupted or is not man made
Um, no, there are other ways that we could know those things. For example, God could decide to stop being invisible and nonfalsifiable. He just never seems to, and relies solely on claims of people who said they've talked to him, and on personal, subjective "experiences". Also, he allows the adherents of other gods to make equally credible (read: not credible) claims about their gods.
If there is a god out there, it should seem pretty obvious that he doesn't want people to believe in him.
