When taken personally, then yes, it would be strange and not make sense. Since we cant disatach ourselves from our beliefs, its hard to ask religious questions on a one hundred percent non personal level.
So what you are saying is that there is nothing outside of a relgion’s holy books or predetermined beliefs that can be used as a way of proving it to be true.
Actually, for specific religions, yes. It is based on belief not fact. You cant believe something into reality. We have our beliefs. Anything we read, see, hear etc will always be filteres by our bias. If it is not objective, (true for all people), then its based on personal experience.
For example, when I see a tree, Gods name is not wrotten on it so I know which God made that three. Nichiren Diashonin, a buddhist monk, said in prison that the Japanese war in his era were predictions that came true from Shakayamuni Buddha. There was actually a war set in history. The guy did exist. He was supposed to be beheaded and by the mystic law (law of the Buddha), he was saved. These events did happen.
Where they evidence that prophecies came true? No. Thats sychronicity. What about his almost beheading? Coincidence? Depends on the believer. The monk is not alive to state his testimony.
Exact same thing with the Bible. We have outside proof that the claim exist. We dont have proof beyond it being our belief, our guesses, or trying to sychronize "mystical" events that can never be varied by the actual person who experienced it.
Well you can probably stand on that for a very long time if you are waiting for Jesus to appear in His glorified body at the foot of your bed. As far as I am concerned, God has manifested His truth in supernatural inexplicable ways countless times.
Its an observation. The tone is unpleasant. We have differing beliefs and that is okay.
What is odd to me is you keep using Satan as the author of the deception. That would imply the reality of God as well. And if so, still you suggest God may have shown none of His creation anything that really is important for us to know or rely on. Quite a strange hypothetical.
Yes. Exactly. Satan (concept not entity) or angel of light creating belief in christians that are false.
Satan is said fool people to think they are worshiping the right God.
The concept of being decieved is my point not the deciever.