Does God communicate with humans today?

deegee

There seems to be confusion within Christianity regarding whether or not God communicates with humans today and if he does, how does he do it?

- Does God still insert thoughts into people's minds today or is that something which he only did in the past?

- Some maintain that God is no longer giving persons dreams/visions or speaking directly to them or sending angels to speak with them today but he will nevertheless insert thoughts into their minds to guide them.
I don't see any difference between these different modes of communication since God is still communicating with persons.

- Some maintain that God does not in this age speak to humans through dreams, visions or any direct communication apart from the Word of God and the Bible is all sufficient in directing a person to finding and carrying out the will of God for their lives, without the need of a dream, vision or special communication from God in that manner.
If this is the case then I can only conclude that THERE IS NO NEED TO PRAY since God is not going to answer you; all you now have to do is to just read the Bible and then try to figure out what you should do.

On top of all of this confusion, God does not make it unequivocally, unambiguously, explicitly clear up front whether it is he who is inserting the thoughts into a person's mind or whether it is the unconscious dynamics of a person's mind at work. This is especially problematic in the case of a person who is delusional and experiencing psychotic symptoms but who may claim that god is communicating with him or her.

How does a person - whether psychotic/delusional or not psychotic/delusional know whether it is god who is inserting thoughts into his/her mind or speaking with him/her, if God does not make it unequivocally, unambiguously, explicitly clear up front whether it is he who is inserting the thoughts into a person's mind/speaking to them or whether it is just the unconscious dynamics of the person's mind at work?

Viviane

How does a person - whether psychotic/delusional or not psychotic/delusional know whether it is god who is inserting thoughts into his/her mind or speaking with him/her, if God does not make it unequivocally, unambiguously, explicitly clear up front whether it is he who is inserting the thoughts into a person's mind/speaking to them or whether it is just the unconscious dynamics of the person's mind at work?

They don't.

deegee

How does a person know whether they are just experiencing psychotic/delusional thoughts or if it is god who is actually speaking to them or inserting thoughts into his/her mind?

Does God make it unequivocally, unambiguously, explicitly clear up front whether or not it is he who is doing these things (speaking to the person or inserting thoughts into his/her mind)?

This has implications for the following JW doctrines:

- the calling of the 144,000 (a unique doctrine of the JW's)

- the JW's claim that Jesus chose them as the only one true religion in 1919

- the JW's claim that God leads/directs their governing body

Finkelstein

Its mostly a wanting personal desire to be connected to god as a spiritually chosen channel, socially supported as well by other people who are willing to believe this arrangement which by psychiatric evaluation creates a conscious delusion of that sought out identity.

Spiritual or supernatural deities all originated from human imagination combined with human ignorance of the world in which we live.

Heaven

Does God communicate with humans today?

No.

Dunedain

Of course God communicates with humans. He talks to these 7 old guys that live in NY. It is a little weird that God only talks to them, but it just has to be real. Nothing about that seems suspicious at all.

In fact, if it seems CRAZY, and PSYCHOTIC, from a human stand point, we shouldn't question it. We should just simply obey, even if it goes against our instincts, and reason, and appears to be the most absurd thing. I mean we have to do that too, cause those 7 old guys, said this, and God talks to them, and only them. Wow, we are SO LUCKY that we know the ONLY 7 humans that God talks to.

Lol, I was actually cracking up as I typed this.

smiddy

If God was going to talk to anyone , wouldnt it be more sensible for him to talk directly to the leaders/heads of all the nations and telling them straight out whats going to happen to them and their people if they dont toe the line .? and educate their people to worship him ?

Why beat around the bush and talk to a couple of Christians who nobody takes any notice of anyway, because their is so many conflicting versions of the so called truth.

God should look at the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still " original version ,he might then have some success.

DJS

Yes. Of course she does. But her communication style obviously varies from place to place. In the American South and much of the US heartland (aka Trump Country), her most common form of communication is:

"Attention WalMart Shoppers"

Does God communicate with humans today?

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