That wasn't a try; I was being funny —at least to me it was funny. I knew quoting the Bible would not be an answer, to your mind. Nice comeback, though.
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What is a reasonable test for your beliefs in God?"
What is that but testing God? You will no doubt say that testing my beliefs is not the same as testing God. Perhaps, but I have no way (as I said) to test my beliefs until God shows up.
Maybe it is fair to say I can test them well enough for myself, as my beliefs concerning God include, for example, his trustworthiness. My parents had 9 kids, and seems like always there was a cousin or someone else or two with us. They were missionaries, living by donations as they taught at a Bible institute and had other duties such as maintenance, etc. In other words, they were always well below the poverty level, yet I don't recall ever going hungry, nor being in any other serious need. That may not mean anything to a scientist, but it did to them. Their beliefs were affirmed. Something like that has happened for me too, many times. God has proven himself faithful to me. Yeah, I know —confirmation bias. Ok.
That is only testing your beliefs. In no way is it testing God. In fact as I said, you appear to be conflating yourself with God. That is not a good thing.
And you need a reasonable test. Experience has shown that it is very easy to fool ourselves. Your only suggestion would be very vulnerable to that.
Once again, do not test God. How do you test your beliefs? You need to avoid confirmation bias and other fails.
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