[Avodah] Was Lavan daft, dense or what?

[Zev Sero]

Arie Folger wrote:

> I guess I implicitly assume that revelation is so overwhelmingly powerful and 
> unequaled, that one would instantly distinguish that from other experiences 
> and feel the truthfulness of that particular experience, intuitively leading 
> to dismissing all other experiences, hence making monotheism obvious.

Suppose I firmly believe in UFOs, despite never having seen one.
Now suppose that one lands right on my front lawn, little green men get
out and draw a circle in the grass, dissect my german shepherd (thinking
it to be a cow), kidnap the cat and then bring it back the next day,
after which it seems strangely sensitive about its rear end.  Should
this experience strengthen my belief that They Are Among Us and convince
me even further that all UFO reports are probably true, or should it make
me believe that there is really only one UFO, and most reports are false?

For that matter, suppose I *don't* believe in UFOs, think it all nonsense,
and then have the above experience?  Same question.

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