semi-off-topic comment:
Not everybody is at the same level of faith and trust. Although the lake might be frozen solid, some people will still feel compelled to skirt around the edges to feel safe.
When I was working in Ethiopia, it was the mission policy that all missionaries take malarial prophylaxis - and they recommended taking a particular drug. I disagreed with the policy for a number of reasons: 1) the Ethiopian citizens we were working among were not allowed to take prophylaxis 2) telling the people we worked with to \"live by faith\" while we were taking prophylaxis didn\'t sit well with me 3) I didn\'t like taking a drug for which there was no long-term study done to determine any detrimental effects 4) there are other methods of prevention that don\'t involve the use of drugs - which varied according to the prevalence of each different strain of malaria present.
The mission decision makers viewed my stance as belligerent, fool-hardy, and \"testing God\". I told them that I believed I was trusting God.
Same frozen lake, different skaters.
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