If someone in the modern day had the power to heal the sick by touching them, raise the dead( not a few minutes dead but weeks or months dead) and control the elements and if they claimed they were God would you believe them?
2007-05-18 08:29:18 · 22 answers · asked by scholar_wood 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, but the Night of the Living Dead would not be far from my mind...
2007-05-18 08:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by Stacy R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Nice question.
If you think It only takes one person to make a difference in the world, no matter what that difference is, then everyone has the potential to empower the world.
That might mean me or you.
The important bit is, what is the nature of that difference, and will anyone take any trouble to notice?
OK its not quite the godly answer you were after perhaps but if you are prepared to believe that some people are 'meant' to be powerful then you will, I think, be prepared to give them some 'air time'.
2007-05-18 08:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by yakatang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe we are all god (actually a part of god), so if someone was doing this I would not doubt them. I might have a hard time about if it if the person claimed to be THE god though.
2007-05-18 08:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends. in the Bible, it says that the next time Christ returns to the earth, it will be in all his Glory, so by that note, If some normal looking guy claimed he was God and was doing magic tricks, I would say no. If I felt a warmth around Him and I felt peace in my heart every time I glanced upon Him, then yes. When we see God again, there will be no question. That is all I can really say I know for sure
2007-05-18 08:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by the big jerm 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we all have the power to heal ourselves, but when we are dead we are dead. no I would not believe they were god, god does not exist here, we can get back to father if we choose love/fellowship instead of dominion. that is the only path back "love"
2007-05-18 08:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by happy_kko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, by the power of the holy spirit we will do these things. And in the last days God will show himself more to us. You will see these things happening. They are happening now as a matter of fact.
2007-05-18 08:36:57 · answer #6 · answered by rebecca l 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we went back a in time just a few hundred years we would be considered gods. I would think technology first
2007-05-18 08:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF somebody could demonstrate such powers, it would really prove nothing except that he had those powers. It would not prove that he was "God." Not that I wouldn't be impressed!
But this is purely hypothetical anyway. I might just as well ask "If you were raped by a shower of gold, would you believe in Jupiter?"
The fact that grown adults here in the 21st century base their "beliefs" on the 2,000 year old hearsay testimony of such "miracles" is just pathetic.
2007-05-18 08:36:03 · answer #8 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, I would not because highly spiritual persons would not do those things (going against nature), and would definitely not claim to be God. In fact, they would do everything NOT to draw attention to themselves.
2007-05-18 08:41:40 · answer #9 · answered by RAFIU 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is No Death - then Life loses its meaning & return to Nothing !!!
If anyone has that power of raising the death - literally - then my answer is !@#%&*
Life & Death constitutes the true essence of religion
Cheers
2007-05-18 08:41:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋