This is an imaginary scenario of someone creating a pocket universe. How does this bear on the question of whether we are in reality living in such a created universe?
We aren’t. The question is, could a being that is not TRULY omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipresent or eternal be considered God? Because if the answer is yes, then there is much less internal inconsistency between the actions of God in the narrative and his attributes
The answer depends on your definition of the word “God”. Asking whether the word “God” applies to Bob is not a question about the properties of gods or the properties of Bob. It is exactly like disputing whether a tree that falls unheard made a sound.
This is an imaginary scenario of someone creating a pocket universe. How does this bear on the question of whether we are in reality living in such a created universe?
We aren’t. The question is, could a being that is not TRULY omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipresent or eternal be considered God? Because if the answer is yes, then there is much less internal inconsistency between the actions of God in the narrative and his attributes
The answer depends on your definition of the word “God”. Asking whether the word “God” applies to Bob is not a question about the properties of gods or the properties of Bob. It is exactly like disputing whether a tree that falls unheard made a sound.