(October 27, 2014 at 7:44 pm)trmof Wrote:(October 27, 2014 at 7:40 pm)Alex K Wrote: Because if we qualify,it is not a concept of anything qualitatively new.I daresay noone here would pronounce such a thing an impossibility, yet it has little to do with what is commonly meant by a god.
The vast majority of historical gods were created by other gods, usually through childbirth. Creator Gods are few and far between. There is one creator God and the other gods are simply created beings convincing people to worship them. They are the same as us but with technology that appears to be magical to us.
(October 27, 2014 at 7:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No. I would consider it evidence that my benefactor believed in God, but his simply saying so doesn't veridicate his claim. He might, for instance, as easily have told me that a pot of tea told him to buy me the eyes. In no case would I accept what he said as true, simply because he said it.
Boru
Well in that case, it is possible that God simply sees it as useless to try communicating with you.
Thus implying that if someone claims that God sent them to you, you would believe them with no other evidence? You discount the very real (and more likely) possibility that my benefactor could be lying or be delusional.
Boru
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