Interesting concept Rob - of course that would then imply the possibility of more than one god, but also one that is contained within one of the lower dimensions and whose own movement is constrained within the limitations of the higher dimensions and would have a physical presence in the lower dimensions.

 

To a flatlander we do not appear god-like, we can move from one (x,y) location to another, but we cannot appear in both locations simultaneously nor can we cannot move between them instantaneously - we are restricted by the 4th dimension - therefore a flatlander who cannot move in the 3rd dimension can perceive the 4th. Similarly, as 3D beings we would be able to perceive dimensions higher than the one we are restricted by.

 

If a higher being interacts with our space-time, then their actions would be observed by us to be limited by the dimension immediately above the one they exist in. Since all religious accounts from all the worlds religions are decidedly "cause and effect" that would imply that those gods are also constrained by the 5th dimension, even if they have freedom of movement in the 4th. Higher level beings would not be so restricted - A 5th dimensional being would not have instigated the Deluge for example.

 

Therefore if a being is restricted in the 4th dimension, (or 5th if they were deliberately capricious), then there must be infinite other beings existing in the infinite possible universes of the 6th through to 10th dimensions.

 

Unless of course, God is an 11th dimension entity and is purposely limiting their perceived actions in the lower dimensions...

Yes this is correct - except you are still restricted by the limitations of your dimensions and the flatlanders would be able to determine the extent of those limitations - your finger tips can exist in five locations, but not any five locations - repeated observations by the flatlanders would soon discover a pattern and relationship and hence deduce an "other-dimension" connection between them. Of course they would never be able to prove their theories, but the empirical data would support them.

Let's not extrapolate things too wildly in the opposite direction.  

 

I did say that the relationships observed by the Flatlanders could result in them drawing conclusions and theories and we would know whether those theories were true, but they would not.

 

They could use their theories to predict things from their findings - for example: if they found four contact points within a given area, they would be able to say that the possible location of the fifth (should it appear) could not be more than a few mm away; If they measured the contact are of each point and compared that to a database they would be able to calculate the relative size of the missing digit and use that data to predict where the contact point could be to a high degree of accuracy.

 

What they could not predict would be whether the missing finger tip would make contact or not, they also would not be able to work out what the physical connection between the points would be, whether it were a 3rd dimensional structure, a force or simply magic. They could not deduce a hand from the finger tips alone.

 

This is very much like what is being proposed by physicists and cosmologists. They gather data, make theories and use those theories to make predictions. What they cannot do is state emphatically that the theories are truths - all they can say is the theory fits the known data.

 

But yes, if we observed a phenomena in which several "seemingly separated" entities appear close together all the time then we could speculate that they might be connected in a higher dimension. The problem for us is visualising that higher dimension and determining what that connective structure and/or force is, or is likely to be.

 

However, the first thing we would do would be to experiment on them, probably by throwing rocks at them.