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{{quote|''"So you are the Christ, yes the great Jesus Christ! <br /> |
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Prove to me that you're divine; change my water into wine!"''|''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', "Herod's Song"}} |
''Prove to me that you're divine; change my water into wine!"''|''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', "Herod's Song"}} |
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[[Carl Sagan|Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence]]. Therefore, when an ordinary-looking character [[God Guise|claims to be]] [[God]], [[Satan]], [[Magicians Are Wizards|a wizard]], [[My Future Self and Me|time traveller]], [[Artificial Human|robot]], or [[Human Alien|alien]], skeptics nearby will often demand a [[God Test]] to prove those claims. This will typically be a fantastic feat of some sort, something to be done that a regular person would never be able to do. The challenged party actually succeeding at the test is fairly rare, but they may respond with an explanation as to why they won't or why the test isn't meaningful. Thanks to Jesus' classic example there's a fair chance in the story this means they're on the level. Coming up with a test and having the God fail it is a good way to expose an impostor. |
[[Carl Sagan|Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence]]. Therefore, when an ordinary-looking character [[God Guise|claims to be]] [[God]], [[Satan]], [[Magicians Are Wizards|a wizard]], [[My Future Self and Me|time traveller]], [[Artificial Human|robot]], or [[Human Alien|alien]], skeptics nearby will often demand a [[God Test]] to prove those claims. This will typically be a fantastic feat of some sort, something to be done that a regular person would never be able to do. The challenged party actually succeeding at the test is fairly rare, but they may respond with an explanation as to why they won't or why the test isn't meaningful. Thanks to Jesus' classic example there's a fair chance in the story this means they're on the level. Coming up with a test and having the God fail it is a good way to expose an impostor. |
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