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That large fraud would be closely followed by a few others. Moses and Mohammed would have some difficulties too.





Yes, although to be fair, the argument would hinge on whether one of them claimed his own divinity, or just claimed to be inspired by Him.[1]

Whether Jesus asserted his divinity in the NT is something that is not supported by all theological scholars, and so that would also excuse him from the bind.

I could, theoretically, get behind a Supreme Being idea, but I remain unconvinced that such an entity has a special interest in a single lifeform on the third rock from a minor star, and a penchant for talking in the kind of riddles that these lifeforms then use to kill each other.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis's_trilemma




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