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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.