How do you prove you are God?

In the thread Who won the Collins-Dawkins debate?, Anglagard said: I Don't disagree that these pretenders he mentions are such. But I disagree that God cannot prove He is God. An imposter can appearently prove that he is not, so why not the converse?The question for this thread is:What would a man have to do to prove that He is God, or equal to God?faith and belief?

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Im going to beat you to the scripture, this time! To me, proof would be the inner realization that this man could so influence my heart and mind. An added confirmation would be if I saw this man influence and impact the lives of others. I suppose that if I saw a miracle or two it would also help, but David Blaine and Cris Angel also fascinate me, and I don't consider either of them very god-like.

The followers of Charles Manson would say the same. Charles Manson influenced their heart and mind. He certainly influenced and impacted others.So Charles Manson equals God?

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Phat writes:Yeah, appearent miracles would not quite cut it huh?
You'd need the whole package. What do you mean... preach-a-thon?This thread just asks a question that I don't think most think about. It's a rare attempt by me to let them stumble accross the answer themselves.Not that everyone really cares... and that is where confrontation becomes essential. Jesus was kind to the humble and resisted the proud. I know I have not emulated that with the kind of balance that earns trust and respect, but I am getting better by acknowledging each fall.We learn only by acknowledging our failings. And we forgive each other without question upon repentance.Phat:Im going to beat you to the scripture, this time! NIV writes: You did good!Edited by scottness, : No reason given.

This does sound similar to Buddhism and perhaps Jainism. Though neither claim to be Gods or become Gods, I do see a similarity in the humbleness that both beliefs see as important.

Showdown.God and me on the street. I'll do whatever He does.

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It really depends on whose definition of "god" you are looking at. The greek gods were fearless, powerful, beautiful, immortal, and "god-like" by all practical purposes, but they weren't at all all-powerful or all-knowing. Like the rest of us, they were eternally trapped within the hands of fate.But on the other hand, how would you tell the difference between a god and an extremely advance alien being like Q from star trek?

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But on the other hand, how would you tell the difference between a god and an extremely advance alien being like Q from star trek?

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What is the difference?

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I have always preferred, as guides to human action, messy hypothetical imperatives like the Golden Rule, based on negotiation, compromise and general respect, to the Kantian categorical imperatives of absolute righteousness, in whose name we so often murder and maim until we decide that we had followed the wrong instantiation of the right generality. -- Stephen Jay Gould

Taz:That's a good point! God would likely appear alien, depending on the definition of God. Not that we get to define that though... If there is a God, can we tell Him who he must be?I had a conversation one time with a guy who was appalled at my faith. He said he was waiting for the aliens to arrive and answer a lot of our quesitons (a view I once held myself). I told him that I firmly believed the aliens already did show themselves, and we crucified Him!The look on his face was priceless! By George ... I think he got it that fast.We had a good conversation the next time I was there. The ice had been broken. I left him with a CD copy of Ravi Zacharius called 'The loss of Truth and a Proposal for it's Recovery'. I have yet to see him again and see if his thinking has changed.

Well I never thought that other religions were all wrong. Most certainly they got some of it right.Is reflecting some of the qualities of God equal to being God?Who among us is all bad? But better still, who among us is all right?

That isn't really the point though, is it?Your question was:

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What would a man have to do to prove that He is God, or equal to God?

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Surely the burden of proof is equal for all gods, isn't it? If I have to prove to you that I'm God, then your God has to prove it in the same way.

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And to refresh my memory, we know what rightis ...how?

Because it conforms to our assuptions of virtue, justice, and mercy as realities to be found that are now lacking.Also, 'the right thing' should be true.What is truth? I like Webster #5 but prefer it stated this way: 'It is that which conforms to what actually is.'That was a lot harder to answer than I first thought. Darn little pacman anyway... why are you always running? You don't seem to get anywhere.

Because it conforms to our assumptions of virtue, justice, and mercy as realities to be found that are now lacking.Heb 12:1-2...let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Edited by Phat, : clarification

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Convictions are very different from intentions. Convictions are something God gives us that we have to do. Intentions are things that we ought to do, but we never follow through with them.
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"Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system. I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance."- --Sir Isaac Newton