If you were a deity

[Boyar Son]

How would you go about making people believe you don't exist?

just curious. no need for your bad stressful attitudes that cause early heart attacks.

[Maron]

I would create the the universe, the earth, the seas and mountains, the plants, the animals, man, and a little idea called vanity.

Then I would give the man free will. The rest will take care of itself.

[knight of virtue and valor]

an innatly perfect God like the God of the bible, or a flawed God, like those in Greek mythology?

[Boyar Son]

an innatly perfect God like the God of the bible, or a flawed God, like those in Greek mythology?

If you were a diety

diety

just this actually, that's all. no more no less

[Exarch]

an innatly perfect God like the God of the bible, or a flawed God, like those in Greek mythology?

i' say the 'innatly perfect god' in the bible is just as flawed, if not more so, that the greek gods.

sure zeus was a mass rapist; but YHWH is a genocidal sociopath obsessed with the foreskins of his worshippers

[Poach]

I'd send prophets visions of false Gods, such that the people are led astray by men who are not only divinely inspired, but divinely misled...

[knight of virtue and valor]

I would probably make creation like this: "In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth and the Infantry. And God looked upon the Infantry, saw that it was good, and said unto them "Thou art my chosen children". Take thou dominion over the Earth; over the fish of the Sea, the birds of the Air, and all of the Key Terrain." And as a mark of His favor the Lord placed in the hands of the Infantry the sacred relics: the Apostolic Anti-Armor Weapon, the Catholic Claymore, and the Marian Machine Gun.

Likewise gaveth the Lord unto the Infantry the Rucksack of Repentance, the Radio of Redemption, the Rifle of Rectitude. Lastly, unto the Infantry, and most divine of all, the Lord gaveth the Holy Hand Grenade. ..

For the Infantry's sustenance the Lord declared "Four shall be thy food groups: Coffee, Tobacco, C-Rats, and Alcohol. Shun all other unclean food and drink." .. And the Infantry dwelt in the land therein. .. And time passed, and the Infantry cried out unto their God saying "Lord, help us, for we are weary." .. And God smiled upon the Infantry, for they were blessed. Then the Lord took the fattest and laziest of the Infantry and set them upon beasts of burden.

And these He called Cavalry. And as the Cavalry became fatter, lazier and heavier still they were known as Armor, or DAT's for short. And the Lord looked down upon the Armor and saw that it was mediocre. .. The Lord then said "Oh, well. Thou canst not win them all. Let them lead in case of landmines." To the DAT's the Lord said "Quiche shall be thy food, and bottled water thy drink. Touch not the sacred chow of the Infantry." .. And the Infantry and the Armor dwelt in the land therein. ..

And time passed and the Infantry cried out again unto their Lord saying "Lord help us, for we are weary." .. And God smiled again upon the Infantry, for they were his chosen. .. Then God took those of the Armor with butts like baseplates and breath like sulfur and tiny, tiny pee-pees and these He made Artillery. But God saw that the Artillery, too, was mediocre and said unto Himself "Oh well, garbage in; garbage out." ..

Unto the Artillery He said "The big guns shall atone in part for thy diminutive other stature. Tryst thou not to hurt thyself." .. To the Infantry the Lord said "When the night is darkest these shall light the waymore or less. When the approach is most open these shall, occasionally with luck, confound the enemy's sight. When thou callest for fire support these shall eventually provide it with high explosive, cluster munitions and, best of all, nukes."

Though the Lord cautioned the Infantry to never, never, never trust Tacfire or any other electronic computer in the hands of the Artillery. .. And the Infantry, the Armor, and the Artillery dwelt in the land therein. Then the Artillery created the Air Defense Artillery; but quickly asked forgiveness. .. And time passed and the Infantry called out yet again unto their God, saying "Lord help us, for we are weary." .. Again the Lord looked with favor upon the Infantry.

He took those of the Armor, Artillery and Air Defense Artillery who most liked to play in the mud and these he made Combat Engineers, and those who dwelt in darkness and spoke in riddles and these he made Military Intelligence, and those with thieving hearts and these He made Quartermasters, and of those who neither sowed nor reaped and were most fond of hammering square pegs into round holes He made Adjutants General.

Of those who liked to tinker with good equipment until it broke He made the Ordnance Corps. Of those whose penchant was poison He made Cooks. Of those who ran around in circles He made the Transportation Corps. Of the least articulate He made Signalers. Of the mindlessly doctrinaire and arrogant He reluctantly created Military Police and Inspectors General (though the Lord admitted, to Himself, that He was probably only providing employment opportunities to Satan's minions).

Of those who dealt in controlled substances He made the Medics and of those whose minds had been destroyed by the same made He the Chemical Corps. .. Yea, the Lord of All filled up the MTOE. .. And the Infantry, and the others, dwelt in the land therein. .. Time passed, but yet, again, the Infantry cried out unto their God, saying "Lord, help us, for we are weary. ..

And the Heavens darkened, and the clouds gathered. The lightning's spake and the Infantry abased themselves before their God, for they were sore afraid. .. And the Lord spoke with anger, asking "How canst thou yet be weary? Have I not made the Armor and the Artillery to support thee? Have I not made of the detritus of the earth Quartermasters and Adjutants and Signalers and Transporters and a host of others to assist thee? Verily, have I not even made Military Intelligence, although it were a contradiction in terms?" .. Humbly the Infantry abased themselves again before their God, crying "Lord, it is of these that we are weary." .. Amen, Amen..And then the lord sent a great flood, and destroyed his creation, for they were unworthy. And he decided that he would correct their mistakes. So he found a lump of the vilest, insect infested clay and from it he fashioned Marines.

Of these he made Armor, and Artillery, and Logisticians, and Administration, and even Pilots. But to all the lord gave the first commandment: No matter what you think you do, ye shall always be Infantry First.

And ye shall bear cold, and heat, and dust, and seasickness. And on your bellies ye shall crawl. And ye shall eat of MREs and Beer, and the water from your canteens shall be bitter. And Fathers shall loathe you, and tavern-keepers shall refuse you entry, for you will be known to them as the scum of the earth.

But because you are Marines, you shall never beseech the lord because you are weary. Ye shall only beseech the lord because there is a need of beer. For weariness, ye shall beseech your Gunny, who will then make you all the more weary for your troubles.

And because you are Marines, and because you have suffered much, the lord will give to your enemies fear, and panic, and confusion. They shall crumble before you disproportionate to your actual size, and ye shall take up the mantle dropped by your Army predecessors and vanquish your foes wherever they might be found."

[Spiff]

To an omnipotent deity, everything is by definition trivial to make into a reality. If you ask literally "how" that is achieved, I can only guess it would be a similar process to imagination.

Alternatively though, do you mean how to make people think one god in particular doesn't exist, or how to make people believe nothing supernatural exists at all? I suppose the easiest way to do that would be to make people who are inherently far more sceptical than the average person.

[Monarchist]

I'd create the Cosmos then destroy it after a few minutes and have parties in Heaven with my creations for the rest of eternity.

[Boyar Son]

I'd create the Cosmos then destroy it after a few minutes and have parties in Heaven with my creations for the rest of eternity.

then they'd totally believe you were real.

[Monarchist]

then they'd totally believe you were real.

Well, yes. That was the point of my plan. I wouldn't want my beloved subjects to doubt me every ten minutes. A good God shows Himself more than once every few thousand years.

[SigniferOne]

I love being a diety.

[Boyar Son]

I love being a diety.

implying you actually are one.

[InsaneHanz]

I would create the universe and let it sit there for about ten billion years then create a little prokaryotic organism and let it evolve via evolution. Afterwards I would lean back in my cloud chair and watch my creations suffer and go to war.

[Arch-hereticK]

I'm on a diety right now, low carbs.

[Boyar Son]

I'm on a diety right now, low carbs.

implying that's how you spell "diet".

EDIT: fffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

[iudas]

High protein diety, probably.

On a serious note, I'd behave just like the actual God. That way, I'd make it painfully obvious that I don't exist.

[Sir Winston Churchill]

That I don't exist?

As a poster said, just make everything, give man free will and an ego, and just don't interact with them while they're still so ancient thousands of years from now no one will take them seriously due to their lack of technology making them less credible.

Honestly.

[Banana Jelly]

Well, in a made up situation, I would create the universe and Earth. Then create mankind. Let it's course. Give free will, punishment's for the unbeliever's if they don't believe after I show them concrete proof.




But that will never happen lulz

[Cornelius Plautus]

I would probably spark the flame of creation in the beginning, then let things take their course with as little intervention as possible. Sure, I might work a little harder to make sentient life exist, but I wouldn't do anything spectacular. Then, I'd inspire some to profess my word (prophets like Moses, Christ, and Muhammad) and others like Epicurus to denounce it. Essentially, I'd ensure an eternal balance between belief and disbelief so that the debate over my existence could never be proven. That way, I'd inspire people to think and to believe according to their character, rather than force myself on them.

I, personally, think the real God does something like this. While I certainly don't have anybody else's answers, I've always thought God to be something between a passive observer and a force of balance (i.e. we suffer so that we can know joy, and fail so we can enjoy success). Even though God, in my opinion, has created that balance, I never have and never shall expect anything of him. He gifted my with sentience, awareness, and life. Those gifts are all I require from him, and beside the point, I'd rather make my own fate.