Timeline for What logical preconditions would guarantee that a book is of divine origin?
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| Mar 31, 2014 at 16:27 | comment | added | Paolo | What if I copy the first pages of God's book and then I write my own "finale" of it? How can we tell which is the true one and which is the scam? :) | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 13:33 | comment | added | Tgr | No (for the usual meaning of God, at least). For example, few people would feel obliged to revere a being just because it is powerful. Religious thinkers usually attribute some vaguely defined "infiniteness" to God (it is not just very powerful, but omnipotent; not just ethical, but defines ethics etc.); I'm arguing that that sort of infiniteness is not empirically different from plain old boring "very powerful". If by God you simply mean "very powerful", then yes, it is possible for a book to prove itself to be written by God. | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 12:58 | comment | added | Lennart Regebro | If you are a brain in a vat, and all you experiences are controlled by me, am I then not for all intents and purposes your God? | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 11:15 | history | answered | Tgr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |