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I assume she expected you to ask God, y'know, now, not immediately after something claiming to be Him appeared and ordered you to kill 'em all. (Presumably asking Him "wait, are you sure killing children is a good idea?" would be met with a "yes". Or a thunderbolt.)
Sure, that's probably true. I don't see what difference it makes, though.
I mean, OK, suppose I wait an hour, or a day, or a week, or however long I decide to wait, and I ask again, and a Voice says "Yes, kill 'em all." Do I believe it's God now? Why?
Conversely, I wait however long I decide to wait and I ask again and a Voice says "No, don't kill 'em." Do I believe that's God? Why?
Do I ask a dozen times and take the most common answer?
None of those seem reasonable. It seems to me that on her account, what I ought to do is rely on my judgment of right and wrong rather than obeying the Voice, since the Voice is unreliable.
Which I completely agree with, but it didn't seem to be what she was saying more generally.
I meant that if you get contradictory answers to your previous question, then you can safely assume that one of the Voices isn't God - and I guess you should go with the one with the best track record? [EDIT: based on your own judgement.] We don't seem to disagree on anything, anyway.
Agreed with that much, certainly.