What if an angel had fake ID of "supernote" quality?

[Boojatta]

Suppose an angel seemed to have proper angel photo ID and dictated holy scriptures directly to a team of notaries. How could you confirm that the ID isn't phony? You've probably heard of counterfeit currency that is of extremely high quality (the so-called "supernote").

Assuming you believe in supernatural beings, why trust them?

Even if they are friendly and helpful, they could be simply working on stage one of a confidence game. Why don't you have an opportunity to meet their relatives, meet their previous employers, check their credit ratings, and so on? Why trust them when they just dictate scriptures and then leave, giving you nothing but a business card with a P.O. box number on it (or not even that)?

[ClassWarrior]

1. You've been reading too much Neil Gaiman.

B-)

NGU.

[ToolTex]

2. Are you feeling more like you did when you arrived than you do now?

I think maybe something got cross-wired in your head during your nap. Why don't you go back to bed until you are a bit more normal?

[Mr_Geodesic]

3. Warning!!

Suppose an angel seemed to have proper angel photo ID and dictated holy scriptures directly to a team of notaries. How could you confirm that the ID isn't phony? You've probably heard of counterfeit currency that is of extremely high quality (the so-called "supernote").

Assuming you believe in supernatural beings, why trust them?

You can't trust supernatural beings. They lie like fish to get their way.

Even if they are friendly and helpful, they could be simply working on stage one of a confidence game. Why don't you have an opportunity to meet their relatives, meet their previous employers, check their credit ratings, and so on? Why trust them when they just dictate scriptures and then leave, giving you nothing but a business card with a P.O. box number on it (or not even that)?

They have no previous employers, etc. They have certified devices that simulate such things.

Don't truck with them!

[Mr_Geodesic]

4. Oops!

fish = fishes

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. The angel would probably become a crime fighter

They would have a contact in a grey area of the government (U.S., of course) who would pass 'difficult' cases to them. It would be that person's job to keep the bureaucracy off their backs, who keep on asking questions about credit ratings and former employers, because they're trying to do a background security check. They would need a purely human sidekick, who could both get into trouble each week, and supply an insight into human existence that Superangel wouldn't have been able to make on their own. And they'd solve each case within an hour, minus a few minutes for special messages.

And they'd be able to flash the ID at startled receptionists and security guards - "Special Agent Gabriel - God Squad!" And because the ID is of supernote quality, it would always be believed. It would be super-cool. Though when the angel needed to go undercover, they'd wear a pair of half-moon specs, to look like a 1950s accountant.

Surely your theological education would have told you all this? Mine did.

[moggie]

7. Would the angel be attractive to women?

I have a feeling that this would be the case. The angel, being an almost perfect being, would be a total hunk, and the women he came into contact with would all be attracted, but he would be mostly oblivious to this. People who witnessed this would find it amusing.

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. What if Santa tried to pass himself off as the Easter Bunny?

How about we first establish the existence of angels and other supernatural beings? :hi:

[cosmik debris]

8. Angels do not carry ID

And even if they did, what fool would ask for an angel's ID?

All you have to do is ask them to dance on the head of a pin and their identity is confirmed!

Sheeesh! what kinda question is that?:shrug: