if an etheral figure descended from the sky, claiming to be god in a booming voice heard around the world, raising the dead, miracles everywhere, etc.... would you believe it was god/the creator of the universe? personally, i would not. my skepticism is too fundamental for it to be anything more than new questions to ask.
I'd believe it was a higher power but the creator... I believe he/she/it left us to our demise a while ago.
I would think that I was hallucinating, or had been given a very powerful mind drug. I would not bow down, or worship it, in any case.
I'd tell him he sucks and then thank him for this opportunity and then question whether or not I slipped a pill the last couple of hours. And then invite him over to my place.
id think something like that....or idk. aliens? government? lol are we all really so skeptical raising the dead wouldnt convince a single one? is there anything an entity could do to prove himself in anybodies eyes?
I would challenge him to a smokeoff. If he is the creator, his creations shouldnt be able to best him, yes?
prolly that it was some epic penn & teller/david blaine/who the fuck ever else doin' some crazy new shit to fool everybody or some shit...
God can transmit a sound across the earth, raise the dead, etc., without the need to be "seen" by our vain eyes. My friend, how do you know how God works? Snoop is right, your usage of the word "god" is totally wrong when considering its etymlogical rooting within the English language. A supreme agent, which most monotheists refer to as God, is not literally equivalent with the totality of physical things and the phenomenon of the universe; accordingly, we call that the apathetic universe and not "god". Waheguru can alter the patterns of the earth by will.
But he doesn't because his will is already manifest. Every that is manifest is manifest of his will. The patterns when altered wouldn't be altered because god exists outside the realm of time. Our existence will not ever see the influence of an outside force changing our reality beyond the patterns that are already in the works. No manifestation of the senses will reveal god to you. It reveals the power of god anr that is all.
Agreed. "Our existence will not ever see the influence of an outside force changing our reality beyond the patterns that are already in the works." -- Yes, great point, when altered, we will not see, that is to say, sensorily-perceive, an outside or external force precipitating such a succession of events... we would just experience the succession of events. But, my point is, the mind can mentally-perceive, i.e., interally compute, that such an occurence is at the whim of the "hand" or will of Waheguru, i.e. Īśvara.
if basically what youre askin is if the proof was shown to us clear as day that there is a higher power would i believe? yes.. if i refused not to id be just as dumb as the people who refuse to see the logic as it stands today..
There is not anything that is not his will. To understand him one muat understand that nothing exists of itself. Since nothing exists of itself, then either nothing exists or one thing exists. This one thing has a way and there is no way but this one way. That way is the will of that from which all thibgs stem and take root. Percieve not through the senses and emancipate yourself from thw phenomenal world.