Rebellion against god

[drfuzzy]

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?

Now we're getting somewhere.  As Astreja said, even if something superhuman shows up, and say, claims to be YHWH, how will we know that it is what it claims to be?  "Q" from Star Trek could show up.  (I hope not, though, he was rather nasty.) And yet people claim to KNOW and have telepathic communication with God solely based on group psychosis and descriptions of it contained in an ancient, deeply flawed compilation of fables.  And they are quite certain that their particular compilation of myths is TRUTH, and all competing beliefs and deities (and often, even competing interpretations of the same myths!) are pitiable delusions.  

I will hold that ALL stories about deities are myth and fantasy until presented with concrete evidence, and then that evidence will require some testing.