If someone claimed to be God, how would you try and dissuade them?

[bagelman]

Other than just assuming they're psychotic and not responding.

[°Leprechaun]

Can you dissuade someone who is psychotic?

Anyway, claiming to be "God" is like claiming to know "God", and to know what "he" thinks what "he" says. It involves a lack of humility to say that a certain version of "God" (for example, the Christian "God") is the only correct one.

Dogma is the problem with all if not most "religions". Dogma I is a person's number one dogma. Their world view. Spelled backwards it is "I am God" It's one thing to be a theist. It is quite another thing to be an arrogant one. An example of this kind of arrogance is for someone else to tell me what I have to believe or perhaps even worse, what I can and can't do as long as it doesn't directly hurt other people.

[dead0man]

how do I know they ain't a god?  In a way, aren't we all a god?  I know I am.



I would not get in an argument with a crazy person if I can help it....at least in real life, I do it all the time here.

[afleitch]

Ask them a questiom only I know the answer to. If they don't know or try 'don't test me/mysterious ways' hand waving, then walk on.

[°Leprechaun]

Ask what the lottery numbers for tomorrow will be.

[The Puppeteer]

If I wanted to dissuade them then I would just ask them to fix everything wrong in my life. If they aren't willing then they can face my wrath.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I wouldn't, on the off chance this stranger was actually god and becomes infuriated by my disrespect and blasphemy. Pascal's wager.

[Donerail]

I would follow him.