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What specific evidence would people require to believe in God's existence?

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MangyTiger
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06-19-2006 4:11 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by mjfloresta
06-15-2006 12:21 AM

Post death experience is probably the only proof for me
If my physical body snuffs it but I suddenly discover my consciousness is still 'alive' and it meets a divine being - well I'll own up to God existing. Until then I'll probably remain agnostic.
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Mind you, how will I know this being is God?
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I struggle to think of any physical evidence that would persuade me (fulfilled prophecy, archeological finds etc.). It could happen but I've never heard of anything that comes even close up to now.
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If an apparently all-powerful being appears in the sky one day and tells us it is God I'll be wondering about Arthur C. Clarke's dictum that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
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Edited by MangyTiger, : Correct speeling of 'prophecy'
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MangyTiger
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06-20-2006 7:53 PM 		Reply to: Message 27 by Legend
06-20-2006 7:32 AM

Re: Proof of God
The Vorlons could probably do all that (if you ever saw Babylon 5)
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With the stuff you listed I would definitely still be wondering about the 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' thing.
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