The question of the origin of religion

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

Does it seem impossible that God is capable enough and has indeed revealed himself?

@Dale

Christians believe that God can, did and does reveal himself through legitimate testimony* (and not just the testimony of the beauty of nature and the grandeur of the cosmos).

 
Recall the second aborigine.

@Dale

An aborigine who, let’s say, has had no contact with moderns until he is given a demonstration of a functioning piece of 21st century technology, maybe a smartphone. He then later, without the device, tries to explain what it does to a fellow tribesman. His mate then pooh-poohs the description, calling it impossible and meaningless, saying it is irrational, and then demanding that his reasoning is flawless. God’s ‘technology’ and relationships with time and space and material are likewise beyond our ken.

We could stretch the analogy to include somehow that believing in the existence of the smartphone is a matter of life and death, and the fact of not accepting legitimate testimony has become lethal.