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Hyroglyphx
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Message 9 of 108 (376276)
01-11-2007 5:00 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Kader
01-11-2007 11:43 AM


There is no more possible discussion, he has met God, he has the ultimate proof. There is nothing I could add, nothing I could debate.
That's true. Either the person is lying to you about their conversion, or they are delusional about their conversion, or they are telling you the absolute truth. There really isn't a whole lot to argue about.
Are you special?
Certainly not.
What about the “others religious” who claim the same thing?
I think virtually all religions have elements of truth to them. Having said that, they all can't be right in the details of each religion because that would leave contradictory claims. They all can't be completely correct and only one or none, can be completely correct.
Why does God only speaks with believers?
I don't believe that He does. I think He does speak to unbelievers. I can only speak from personal experience here, but I think the problem is they are expecting this really elaborate event to come upon them. If you are wondering if you're weird for not hearing God I think you need not worry about that because you aren't.
As you go through life you will accumulate more experiences. Some may seem insignificant at the time, and in many respects, they probably are. However, there may come a time when you ask Him to reveal Himself to you. You may have to wait awhile and during that waiting period, you might grow weary with cynicism. You may go through these bouts numerous times throughout your life. And then one day you may hear something, feel something, see something and all of a sudden these seemingly insignificant experiences may flood your mind in one instance. You can call this an epiphany or whatever else, but what once vexed you was made crystal clear. I can tell you from personal experience that it is one of the most sobering times in a persons life. And you begin to understand that of all of things correlate. And what was nonsensical makes sense. You start to see some engineering that could only be explained by the providence of God.
Its really hard to articulate. Lemme put it in another context. Have you ever seen the "Usual Suspects?" Well, the main detective in the movie is trying to connect the dots of a case. After all of the experiences had come to pass, in an instant, it was all so clear to him. It just comes over you like a wave or a bright shining light.
I don't know what to tell you. Its a personal matter. I couldn't really explain it any better than I could by telling how I "know" that I love my wife. How can I explain something like that? I could recite poetry to you and you may believe in my sincerity, but you won't know what that's like for me.
That's the best way I can explain it to you. Hope that helps. Again, I should reiterate that you aren't weird for it.

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." -C.S. Lewis

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 17 of 108 (376293)
01-11-2007 5:41 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by Kader
01-11-2007 5:14 PM


Love/God
The thing is everyone experience love to a certain degree, while only a very select people can hear God.
And im not talking about day to day things you can attribute to God. Im talking about God directly speaking to you and telling you what to do.
What do you mean by directly speaking to us and telling us what to do? Do you mean the few people in history (like Abraham, Moses, Paul) who have some kind of physical manifestation come upon them?
Another thing to note. when God speaks to someone it is always (strangely) in concordence to what belief the person hold.
Examples please.

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." -C.S. Lewis

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 19 of 108 (376299)
01-11-2007 6:06 PM
Reply to: Message 18 by Kader
01-11-2007 5:58 PM


Re: Love/God
No im talking of people who genuinly believe God told them things
Like theses :
George Bush
This man (named John)
This man too
You just said you weren't talking about your ordinary conversation with God, which all of these people have had. That implies that a miracle of some sort be accompanied with the conversation. God speaks to me too. What do you want to know?
Well when God speaks to you, he usually uphold what view of him/her you have. I've yet to see someone that who spoke to God and then "changed" religion.
What? There are thousands of conversion stories after having prayed about it. Paul is probably the most famous of those stories.
(usually if the voice you hear doesn't fit your preconceived idea of God, the person can aswell conclude that it was satan speaking to him...)
Maybe you just don't know any better because you've never come to an understanding. If that's the case, pray for God to reveal Himself and you'll know what it means to have Him speak to you.

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." -C.S. Lewis

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