For arguments sake, let's say that God exists and everything wlse is the same. Let's say that religious people are correct and there exists an interventionist higher power. We're not discussing whether or not it exists, save that for [https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=457461&start=6100]appropriate thread[/url], for arguments sake, let's assume that God, or equivilant higher power, does exist. Which God? Doesn't matter, any God. This is also not a thread to discuss God's benevolence or lack there of. Once again, different thread. I speak from a Christian viewpoint as I am Christian, but it cpuld apply to any higher power.
Okay, so God exists. What can He do to prove this to you?
"He can reveal it in some way to me" well if that is enough to convince, then you can't dismiss anyone else's experiences of God as false
"People half way round the world would know the world would encounter an experience of someone called 'Yeshua', someone that they've never heard of". There would be very few literate people in the world today who haven't heard of Jesus, and of those few, there would be even fewer whose records would be known to the public (for example, you would have no method of reading my journals). And this is all just assuming that someone would write down these experiences in the first place. Considering in my other thread you dismissed the Muslim guy who had a dream about Jesus telling him that Christianity is the correct faith, and you dismissed it based on the assertion that Muslims have heard of Jesus, then this would eliminate every person literate or illeterate, who has heard of Jesus. And this is before we even consider people who are too afraid to reveal their experiences, because of persecution. "'Yoshua' could have appeared to an ancient person from a litterate society who had never heard of Him"- most ancient people were illerate, despite living in literate societies, and even then, many, many ancient records have been lost, once again, assuming that it was written down in the first place
"He could place 'x' amount of money in my bank account" yes, yes, very funny
"'X' culture would believe in a story similar to that of Jesus". Well we already have over 600 flood stories, and they're all dismissed as coincidences, so considering that, why would a, say, South American story of a reserected man born to a virgin not be considered a considence?
So, given all that, assuming that He exists, what would God have to do to convince you that He exists. What specific action/which specific words would have to take/say in order to convince you, (insert your name here), that He exists?
I already believe i n the existence of an interventionist God, so this question is moot for me. If you would like to find out my reasoning for believing in God, please check out the OP of the linked thread
This could apply to any God, not just the Christian. Quite francly, 'which' God is irrelevant. Any god. How can any god convince you of its existence?
