The man who claims to be god

Imagine: one day you meet someone who tells you he is god. He doesn’t look special nor does he seem to possess any supernatural abilities. Of course you don’t believe him.

‘You shouldn’t doubt me’, he counters.

You demand proof. He declines, saying that although he is quite capable of doing so, any proof he presents would coerce you into believing and therefore destroy your free will. You ask him things only a god would now, and he just smiles and says ‘if I answered, that would give away my true self’.

So here are the questions:

  • would you believe him?
  • if not, what would change your mind?
  • if you do – why do you think he told you in the first place?