When you prayed did it ever work?

[fr0d0]

It is funny to me that you have such a deep concern of the accuracy of how your statement was presented, and little to no concern if the statement you presented was even accurate.

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I'll rephrase my question then: how can you know his will 'as you test it [his will] against your knowledge of him' if you need to know his will before you can test his will 'against your knowledge of him' in the first place?

Semantics from you. As above, you need to address the question.

You know it's God as you have a measure to compare it to. The same way you could separate bits of wood of different lengths with a ruler.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Nope... we can know what's from God, and know it so well that we can write it down. We trust our sources as exhaustively tested by our peers and ourselves. No one is forcing anything on us as with human laws. You accept the highway code and cannot question it. We scrutinise what is presented to us. Our guide book has that caveat built in. But most importantly of all, this is a live, living relationship of love that inspires.