# How would you react if someone in your social circle claimed to be the God of the Old Testament?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 3, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-if-someone-in-your-social-circle-claimed-to-be-the-god-of-the-old-testament/783685 "2017-04-03T21:59:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-if-someone-in-your-social-circle-claimed-to-be-the-god-of-the-old-testament/783685/41 "2017-04-06T06:28:33Z")

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Shun them, although I’d be curious why they thought that way.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-if-someone-in-your-social-circle-claimed-to-be-the-god-of-the-old-testament/783685/42 "2017-04-06T06:29:36Z")

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-if-someone-in-your-social-circle-claimed-to-be-the-god-of-the-old-testament/783685/43 "2017-04-06T19:31:17Z")

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I would toss them in the pool and see if they float.

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