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Originally Posted by Sommerset
I asked this of eman but it seems to be more appropriate here:
The angel Gabriel appears to you and tells you to proclaim that there is no god but Allah. He goes on to tell you that every vision prior to this one was a trick by Satan to deceive you. Do you snap convert, or do you reject the vision. If so, why?
It depends on many factors. For starters, a single revelation contradicting the hundreds of others wouldn't make me snap-convert, but I would definitely investigate further.
It would also depend on the revelation/vision itself, how strong and lucid it was, and what the circumstances were.
To me, the question isn't really that coherent, because you're not taking into account the established and existing relationship, communications, and revelations. It would be like a man knocking on your door and telling you that he is in fact your real father, only to walk away and never to show up again. Would make you think, but you likely wouldn't snap-reject your dad.
I know that it sounds like I'm making stuff up, I'm deluded, I'm deceiving myself, of a nice combination of the three, but the sold-out Christian, in my experience, has confirmation of God. It is not a blind faith anymore because God has already revealed himself, and there is a familiarity there. If we take this to mean that the Evil Genius was putting all his efforts into deceiving me, then he has succeeded, but he's far too convincing for me to fold my hand at this point.