Can you make a God claim?

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Chad: I do believe other people have conciousness, but I'm far from convinced anything I see is real. I assume, as a matter of practical necessity, that they do. This is the problem of hard solipsism which can never be addressed, but it's useless to any further argument. You're right, it is unfalsifiable, but we have no choice but to accept the minimum amount of assumptions in order to function. Even if other people don't really exist or have conciousness, it doesn't make any difference to me, I will treat them as best I can because I won't take the risk. Also it makes me happy to treat them well. (Minimum assumptions: what I experience is in some way representative of a reality, and that I can learn about and affect that reality. No need to throw in a God here.)

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Sure, testimony can be used for research, but all it can tell you is what people believe is true. It doesn't tell you whether what they believe is actually true.

If I have to accept anyone's testimony as accurate and everything they say is true, then that just makes me gullible, nothing more. I accept that they believe what they are saying, but for me to be convinced I need evidence. Who would be prepared to believe as true anything I said? Let's see, I just met God. He says Hindu is the correct religion. Do you believe me? If so, why would you discount my eye witness, first hand testimony of an actual meeting with God?

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I tried to look at that Aqua thing, but I see no coherent definition of what God is. If you could give me the action def then that would be helpful. I'm not interested in what he has done, I want to know what he actually is.

The nearest we have got to a definition in this thread is, "A supernatural being that..." And I asked what a supernatural being is. I don't seem to have a response. What is a supernatural being?