Hypothetical question to all religions?

Our religion has no dogma or man-made theology

which could be a source of problems... our practice

is based entirely on direct experience with deity.

My own introduction to this religion began when

the Goddess appeared and told me that everything

that man had created (in the way of religion) was

false, and that only She was real... much like the

situation your question proposes.

At that point I abandoned all preconceived ideas

and began to learn directly from Her.

If god showed up and said everything you have been taught is wrong I would have to resort to the Bible as my source and assume he was a false god. Isn't that what happened to Jesus when Satan told him he would give him the whole earth if he would just bow down and worship him? If you believe there is a real God, being a Christian, then you would also believe in a real Satan, whose ability to deceive is his greatest weapon. The thing is my God wouldn't deny himself, so he couldn't command that everything I have been taught is a lie.

Doesn't apply to Buddhism and Satanism because these religions have no Gods or figures that ask to be worshipped.

Doesn't really apply to me, because I already know a lot of stuff championed by Christians are misleading and wrong (i.e. gay hate, anti-abortions, "traditional family values" (daddy works, mommy stays in the kitchen and LIKES IT), recreational sex is evil, your body is shameful, etc.).

Obviously, I'd change. If I was certain that it was deity that spoke to me and this deity outlined what S/He expected of me in detail, I'd have no choice but to honor that personal gnosis.

-Scarlet