Is God the victim of Identity Theft?

[_asbestosman]

Also, shouldn't He consider changing His password every few months? "john316" is a bit too easy to guess.

[_just me]

[_asbestosman]

I'm saying it in a silly way, but I actually have a point. I'm using this as an analogy to people claiming to have spoken with God. The Book of Mormon calls it priestcraft when you set yourself up to be God. However, what of those who still preach in God's name, but were never authorized?

I'm also using this as an analogy for apostates who have been through the temple and still know the "password". A better analogy might be to people who leave a company. In the real world, we do two things: 1) we don't share accounts and passwords between users 2) We disable accounts when people leave.

Why do we even have names and passwords? To establish your identity. Once that has been established one can look at the authorization policy. Presumably, establishing identity would not be a problem for God. It should be impossible to impersonate someone else and have Him not know.

Ascertaining identity isn't a problem for God, but we still need to know. So, how can we authenticate others--establish that they are authorized of God. Where is the Certificate Revocation List? Any expiration dates on the passwords? What is the incident response plan in case of passwords leaking, etc?

[_Maksutov]

Very interesting.

Who owns God? Many claim to, although they probably wouldn't use that description. But they do.

Who owns Christ? Who owns Mormonism? Who owns Islam? Why? How?

Who owns any particular set of words or concepts, symbols, activities that persuade, move, motivate people?