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>For example, Moses and the plagues of Egypt.

But you've only provided an old testament example. I explicitly called for new testament examples.

New testament is all about turning the other cheek, and not mass murdering a whole race of people. Are we supposed to look for a single set of footprints? "God told me to do it" new testament style would be to go out and feed the masses, or forgiving the guy that has been persecuting your people to become your most prolific evangelist. There was no sidekick or witness to new testament "miracles", just the word of the person. (It just so happens the feeding the masses and turning water into wine just so happened to be the god in person, so sidekick not required).




>> But you've only provided an old testament example. I explicitly called for new testament examples.

Yeah, there are not really any "go kill those people"-type of instructions in the New Testament.

The sudden deaths of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:5-10 comes close, but there was no divine command and the killings were not carried out by people.


QED: modern versions of "god told me" are false?

I think we just solved a lot of problems ;-)




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