tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post846979605717061080..comments2024-03-29T02:07:13.583+00:00Comments on Geoff's Shorts: A Test of Faith - Laying a FleeceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548882212024368758noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-46788389008645952772012-10-26T06:45:11.244+01:002012-10-26T06:45:11.244+01:00Hi Servaas,
Thanks for commenting. That's a f...Hi Servaas,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. That's a fair point - what some might see as a positive response could just be coincidence. That's really why I went with the coin flip. While a false positive is a possibility, it is a vanishingly small one.<br /><br />I do hear some people who see divine interaction in prayers for, say, good weather, and feel that this is perhaps failing to fully grasp the probabilities.<br /><br />Have I understood your question correctly?Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925999586920385972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-71113867850538435682012-10-25T19:11:40.684+01:002012-10-25T19:11:40.684+01:00Sorry, my touch screen messed up that last bit: .....Sorry, my touch screen messed up that last bit: ...Maybe rather/also ask whether a positive outcome,ie. that which was expected, is accurate for testing whether one did in fact hear God's voice? If that is the point of all this even?Servaas Hofmeyrhttp://thestir.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-54964679125951776832012-10-25T18:52:28.112+01:002012-10-25T18:52:28.112+01:00Unless I misunderstand what you're saying, I d...Unless I misunderstand what you're saying, I don't think the point of the fleece or amount money raised was to create a method but an asking for a sign on which they were willing to act? Maybe rather ask whether positive/also ask whether the outcome being the expected one is how when tests whether it was God's voice heard? If that is even the point at all?Servaas Hofmeyrhttp://thestir.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.com