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What's up with people who think god talks to them? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GiorgioBoymoder@hexbear.net to c/christianity@hexbear.net

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The thread about "hearing" ChatGPT and internal monologues made me wonder about this.

I don't mean "prophets" here, but even just people saying "I'm hearing a word" or otherwise feel they're receiving guidance? I grew up around a "charismatic" protestant group and that shit was everywhere. It kind of fucked me up because I never heard a peep of guidance or response from God, so I assumed I was wrong or bad in some way.

Surely a message from GOD would be unmistakable and impossible to confuse for one's own thoughts and feelings.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure if it was God speaking to me, but there have been a few moments in my life where I had a strong thought that didn't seem to be coming from my conscious mind and I couldn't just ignore or distract myself from. Like I couldn't explain why I felt it so freaking strongly. Could have been unconscious signs resulting in a massively strong gut feeling, but some of these were too "direct" for me to just write off as only that.

A big one I wish I had listened to is that I got the distinct strong feeling that there was something wrong about my relationship with my then long distance girlfriend. That one I did manage to shove to the back of my mind after a few days, and I wish I hadn't because it all went to hell after I wasted a few more years.

Another one was the night after I first met my now wife. I knew I liked her, and I knew I wanted to ask her out. But stronger than that I had the distinct thought "If you don't ask her out you will regret it for the rest of your life". Like wow, that's extreme, I just met this woman.