Well, I more meant that the evidence- such as weeping statues, stigmata, 
apparitions of the BVM, et al ad infinitum, are bogus- since that is the 
only evidence upon which we may perform examination, and that such 
'evidence' (most often fraud, actually) is presented as proof of deity. 
Sorry for any confusion there.
If deities were _not_ bogus- now there's a supposition.... And that is 
the thought experiment that _should_ be undertaken.
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