(February 17, 2018 at 7:45 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Why in the world would you assume that a deity that showed up would call itself YHWH or Jehovah or Elohim or Jesus or Lucifer or Beelzebub? It's equally likely that it would call itself Ra, or Odin, or Zeus, or Brahma, or Ahura-Mazda, or Osiris, or Mithras, or KwanYin . . . (you know a female deity showing up could be lots of fun) . . . I mean, thousands of imaginary super-friends have been made up over thousands of years. "Hi, I'm Shiva!! Yes, you noticed that I'm blue, isn't that cool? Hi, I'm Brainiac 5, here to solve all of your problems! One fantasy creature is just as likely as any other.
I agree, it doesn't matter who or what turns up, if there are no specific identifying traits, how could people tell if it was the God of the Bible or not.
Given these factors, it is reasonable to say that a show doesn't guarantee knowing the truth, agree?